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Flash Flood Warning 93, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 16, 2025Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 16, 2025, 11:30 PM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 16, 2025, 11:30 PM MDT (05:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 2025, 2:30 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1843 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2025-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1843 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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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 16, 5:54 PM MDT, 5 hours 36 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 16, 5:54 PM MDT, 5 hours 36 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 16, 5:36 PM MDT, 5 hours 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 6:08 PM MDT, 5 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 16, 11:04 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 16, 6:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion37 min
Jul 16, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel43 min
Jul 16, 8:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel28 min
Jul 16, 9:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Miguel2 hr
Jul 16, 11:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding26 min
Jul 17, 12:36 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQQuay3 hr
Jul 17, 2:57 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel3 hr
Jul 17, 10:55 AM MDTFlood WatchABQLincoln31 hr
Jul 17, 12:30 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQLincoln3 hr
Jul 17, 12:37 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMora6 hr
Jul 17, 12:47 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQTaos4 hr
Jul 17, 2:11 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQRio Arriba3 hr
Jul 17, 2:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance24 min
Jul 17, 2:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance16 min
Jul 17, 3:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Taos3 hr
Jul 17, 3:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance2 hr
Jul 17, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance31 min
Jul 17, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe35 min
Jul 17, 4:05 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSan Miguel3 hr
Jul 17, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora27 min
Jul 17, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca30 min
Jul 17, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo27 min
Jul 17, 4:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Miguel3 hr
Jul 17, 4:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQValencia3 hr
Jul 17, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves32 min
Jul 17, 5:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley29 min
Jul 17, 5:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo27 min
Jul 17, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion31 min
Jul 17, 5:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves36 min
Jul 17, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe35 min
Jul 17, 5:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora28 min
Jul 17, 5:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.