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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 5, 2025Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at May 5, 2025, 5:16 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 5, 2025, 5:16 PM MDT (23:16 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2025, 7:59 AM MDT
In force: 39 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 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Cimarron River (NM) above Cimarron (CMMN5).

Action stage: 5 ft
Minor stage: 5 ft
Moderate stage: 10 ft
Major stage: 12.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 07207000, 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, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 5, 2:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 5, 2:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 3:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 3:25 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 4:28 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 5, 4:30 PM MDT, 46 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
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, 10:31 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	45 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 Considerable damage threat	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

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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.