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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 24, 2025Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 24, 2025, 4:57 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 24, 2025, 4:57 PM MDT (22:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 24, 2025, 7:25 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 6 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1413 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 61 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 24, 3:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 24, 3:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
101 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

NMZ206-207-241930-
West Central Highlands NM-West Central Mountains NM-
101 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY
UNTIL 130 PM MDT...

At 101 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles southwest of Acoma Pueblo, or 24 miles south of Grants, moving
northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and pea 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...
  Acoma Pueblo, Skyline-Ganipa, McCartys, San Fidel, Acomita Lake,
  Acomita, North Acomita Village, Seama and Paraje.

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 89 and 100.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flows in arroyos, ditches and over low water crossings. Do
not attempt to drive through areas where water covers the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3488 10794 3515 10775 3498 10737 3463 10778
      3476 10802
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 220DEG 24KT 3482 10777

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 1:42 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
142 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

NMZ219-221-242015-
Sandia and Manzano Mountains including Edgewood NM-Middle Rio
Grande Valley including the Albuquerque Metro Area NM-
142 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN VALENCIA...
BERNALILLO AND SOUTHERN SANDOVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT...

At 142 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
South Valley, or 5 miles south of Albuquerque, moving northeast at
25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch 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...
  Albuquerque, southern Rio Rancho, Bernalillo, Corrales, Los
  Ranchos De Albuquerque, Tijeras, North Valley, Sandia Heights,
  South Valley and Sandia Pueblo.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 148 and 181.
	Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 215 and 241.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flows in arroyos, ditches and over low water crossings. Do
not attempt to drive through areas where water covers the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3489 10660 3507 10685 3532 10652 3511 10626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1942Z 226DEG 20KT 3503 10666

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

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Local storm report, Jun 24, 2:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
232 PM MDT Tue Jun 24 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0231 PM     Flash Flood      4 SW Clovis             34.33N 103.26W
06/24/2025                   Curry              NM   Trained Spotter

            Flooded crop fields and water over County
            Road 5.

&&

RJH

Special weather statement, Jun 24, 3:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 24, 4:04 PM MDT, 53 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
Jun 23, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	44 min
Jun 23, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	47 min
Jun 23, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	46 min
Jun 23, 7:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	3 hr
Jun 23, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	35 min
Jun 23, 8:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	4 hr
Jun 23, 10:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jun 23, 10:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		24 min
Jun 24, 10:07 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	5 hr
Jun 24, 1:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	29 min
Jun 24, 1:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	5 hr
Jun 24, 1:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	21 min
Jun 24, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	33 min
Jun 24, 1:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia	83 min
Jun 24, 1:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jun 24, 2:05 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe and 11 more	30 hr
Jun 24, 2:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	27 min
Jun 24, 3:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval	3 hr
Jun 24, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	33 min
Jun 24, 3:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	3 hr
Jun 24, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	26 min
Jun 24, 4:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Valencia	2 hr
Jun 24, 4:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	4 hr
Jun 24, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	22 min
Jun 24, 5:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Jun 24, 5:39 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.