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Flash Flood Warning 217, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 9, 2025Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 9, 2025, 9:58 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 9, 2025, 9:58 PM MDT (03:58 UTC)
Expired: Sep 9, 2025, 11:53 PM MDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Sep 9, 5:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 9, 5:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:01 PM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 9 2025

NMZ226-239-092230-
South Central Mountains NM-Eastern Lincoln County NM-
401 PM MDT Tue Sep 9 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
UNTIL 430 PM MDT...

At 401 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Arabela, or 26 miles northeast of Ruidoso, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Arabela.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3360 10531 3363 10524 3354 10502 3345 10516
      3344 10528 3352 10531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 327DEG 5KT 3356 10525

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:03 PM MDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 9, 4:28 PM MDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
428 PM MDT Tue Sep 9 2025

NMZ233-234-092300-
Quay County NM-Guadalupe County NM-
428 PM MDT Tue Sep 9 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN GUADALUPE AND WEST
CENTRAL QUAY COUNTIES UNTIL 5 PM MDT...

At 428 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southwest of Montoya, or 24 miles southwest of Tucumcari,
moving northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Montoya.

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 304 and 320.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3506 10422 3518 10405 3520 10399 3502 10384
      3491 10409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2227Z 235DEG 11KT 3501 10411

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Sep 9, 5:31 PM MDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 9, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	37 min
Sep 9, 7:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	30 min
Sep 9, 8:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	34 min
Sep 9, 8:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	28 min
Sep 10, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	34 min
Sep 10, 2:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	35 min
Sep 10, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	30 min
Sep 10, 2:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Sep 10, 2:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Sep 10, 3:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	19 min
Sep 10, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	45 min
Sep 10, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		47 min
Sep 10, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Sep 10, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	37 min
Sep 10, 5:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	36 min
Sep 10, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	20 min
Sep 10, 5:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	30 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.