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Flash Flood Warning 129, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 14, 2026McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 14, 2026, 2:47 PM MDT for McKinley 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: Sep 14, 2026, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Sep 14, 2026, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County McKinley County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Sep 14, 12:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 14, 12:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 14, 1:54 PM MDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:06 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:19 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:21 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:36 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 14, 2:42 PM MDT, 5 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
Sep 13, 6:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	27 min
Sep 13, 6:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	114 min
Sep 14, 12:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	29 min
Sep 14, 1:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Sep 14, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Sep 14, 1:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Sep 14, 1:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	26 min
Sep 14, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	36 min
Sep 14, 1:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	McKinley	33 min
Sep 14, 1:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Sep 14, 2:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	24 min
Sep 14, 2:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	36 min
Sep 14, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	26 min
Sep 14, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	24 min
Sep 14, 2:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Sep 14, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	24 min
Sep 14, 2:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Sep 14, 2:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	McKinley	30 min
Sep 14, 2:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	15 min
Sep 14, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	33 min
Sep 14, 3:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	113 min
Sep 14, 3:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	3 hr
Sep 14, 3:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Sep 14, 4:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Sep 14, 4:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Sep 14, 4:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	63 min
Sep 14, 4:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	3 hr
Sep 14, 5:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	2 hr
Sep 14, 5:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	3 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.