River Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 25, 2025, 9:30 PM MDT (03:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 26, 2025, 8:50 AM MDT

In force

11 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

Major

County Rio Arriba County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

Written for the forecast point Rio Chama near Chamita (CMTN5). The gauge peaked at 5.47 ft at Aug 27, 2025, 2:00 AM MDT.

Action stage

5.5 ft

Minor stage

6 ft

Moderate stage

8 ft

Major stage

11.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08290000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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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.