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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 5, 2025Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2025, 10:31 AM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It took effect at May 6, 2025, 4:30 AM MDT. It was in force for 27 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2025, 10:31 AM MDT (16:31 UTC)
In effect from
May 6, 2025, 4:30 AM MDT
Expired
May 7, 2025, 7:59 AM MDT
In force
27 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Vermejo River above Dawson (DAWN5). The gauge peaked at 4.78 ft at May 6, 2025, 10:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
9 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07203000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at May 5, 5:51 AM MDT, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 5:51 AM MDT, 4 hours 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 10:30 AM MDT, 1 minute before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1030 AM MDT Mon May 5 2025

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

1007 AM     Snow             4 NNW Tres Ritos        36.18N 105.55W
05/05/2025  E3.0 Inch        Taos               NM   Other Federal

            Gallegos Peak.

1009 AM     Snow             5 SSE Llano Largo       36.07N 105.63W
05/05/2025  E3.0 Inch        Taos               NM   Other Federal

            Rio Santa Barbara.

0949 AM     Snow             11 NNW Canon Plaza      36.70N 106.25W
05/05/2025  E5.0 Inch        Rio Arriba         NM   Other Federal

            Hopewell Snotel.

1006 AM     Snow             2 WNW Angel Fire        36.40N 105.32W
05/05/2025  E6.0 Inch        Colfax             NM   Other Federal

            Palo Snotel.

0953 AM     Snow             5 WNW Eagle Nest Lake S 36.53N 105.37W
05/05/2025  E8.0 Inch        Taos               NM   Other Federal

            Taos Pueblo Snotel.

0754 AM     Snow             Red River               36.71N 105.42W
05/05/2025  M9.0 Inch        Taos               NM   Public

&&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo29 min
May 4, 6:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe36 min
May 4, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance41 min
May 4, 8:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance3 hr
May 4, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance46 min
May 4, 9:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance41 min
May 4, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Torrance55 min
May 4, 9:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLea33 min
May 4, 10:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln32 min
May 4, 10:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln41 min
May 4, 11:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln32 min
May 4, 11:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay28 min
May 5, 12:23 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
May 5, 12:29 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe31 min
May 5, 12:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln41 min
May 5, 1:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln34 min
May 5, 2:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca31 min
May 5, 2:26 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt49 min
May 5, 3:28 AM MDTFlood WatchABQChaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 8 more39 hr
May 5, 3:28 AM MDTWinter Storm WarningABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos43 hr
May 5, 11:06 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe24 min
May 5, 11:08 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ37 min
May 5, 11:21 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Juan13 min
May 5, 11:42 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo33 min
May 5, 12:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln40 min
May 5, 1:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca48 min
May 5, 1:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca56 min
May 5, 2:10 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves, De Baca35 min
May 5, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt35 min
May 5, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ30 min
May 5, 3:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt35 min
May 5, 3:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves, De Baca3 hr
May 5, 4:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSanta Fe86 min
May 5, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan32 min
May 5, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe30 min
May 5, 5:16 PM MDTRiver Flood WarningABQColfax39 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.