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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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.
- 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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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 6:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 29 min |
| May 4, 6:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 36 min |
| May 4, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 41 min |
| May 4, 8:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 3 hr |
| May 4, 8:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 46 min |
| May 4, 9:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 41 min |
| May 4, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel, Torrance | 55 min |
| May 4, 9:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lea | 33 min |
| May 4, 10:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 4, 10:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 4, 11:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 32 min |
| May 4, 11:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 28 min |
| May 5, 12:23 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| May 5, 12:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 31 min |
| May 5, 12:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 41 min |
| May 5, 1:11 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 34 min |
| May 5, 2:14 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 31 min |
| May 5, 2:26 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 49 min |
| May 5, 3:28 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Chaves, Colfax, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding and 8 more | 39 hr |
| May 5, 3:28 AM MDT | Winter Storm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 43 hr |
| May 5, 11:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 24 min |
| May 5, 11:08 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min | |
| May 5, 11:21 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Juan | 13 min |
| May 5, 11:42 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 33 min |
| May 5, 12:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 40 min |
| May 5, 1:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 48 min |
| May 5, 1:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 56 min |
| May 5, 2:10 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 35 min |
| May 5, 2:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt | 35 min |
| May 5, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min | |
| May 5, 3:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 35 min |
| May 5, 3:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 3 hr |
| May 5, 4:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 86 min |
| May 5, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Juan | 32 min |
| May 5, 4:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 30 min |
| May 5, 5:16 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 39 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.