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Flash Flood Warning 70, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 3, 2025San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2025, 12:05 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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: Jul 3, 2025, 12:05 PM MDT (18:05 UTC)
Expired: Jul 3, 2025, 3:51 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 3, 5:34 AM MDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 5:34 AM MDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:25 AM MDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1025 AM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025

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

0500 AM     Flash Flood      Las Nutrias             34.48N 106.77W
07/03/2025                   Socorro            NM   Trained Spotter

            Overnight flood waters inundated a
            residences home in Las Nutrias along NM 304.
            Time is estimated based on radar.

&&

RJH

Local storm report, Jul 3, 10:46 AM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1046 AM MDT Thu Jul 3 2025

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

0500 AM     Flash Flood      1 N Las Nutrias         34.49N 106.77W
07/03/2025                   Socorro            NM   Trained Spotter

            NM 304 at Las Nutrias Road closed due to
            dirt washing out the highway from flash
            flooding. Time is an estimate based on
            radar.

&&

RJH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 2, 6:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	2 hr
Jul 2, 8:39 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 1 more	19 hr
Jul 3, 1:08 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:14 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 3, 3:01 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Valencia	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:41 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 3, 2:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 3, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	34 min
Jul 3, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	28 min
Jul 3, 5:51 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Quay	5 hr
Jul 3, 5:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	3 hr

Nearby

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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.