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Flash Flood Warning 133, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2026, 3:27 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, Sandoval 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 15, 2026, 3:27 PM MDT (21:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2026, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 15, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 15, 2:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
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Local storm report, Sep 15, 9:30 AM MDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
930 AM MDT Tue Sep 15 2026
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0525 PM Tstm Wnd Dmg 4 SE Ranchvale 34.46N 103.27W
09/13/2026 Curry NM Emergency Manager
Based on radar imagery and damage
indicators, a wet microburst occurred around
5:25PM MDT causing a mobile home to roll
over with an estimated wind speed of 85 mph.
The direction of damage and roll over of the
mobile home is consistent with the storm
motion and direction of highest wind
velocities based on radar data. The mobile
home was located near County Road 14 and
County Road N northwest of Clovis, New
Mexico.
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39Special weather statement, Sep 15, 1:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 3 hr |
| Sep 14, 6:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 34 min | |
| Sep 14, 9:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 24 min |
| Sep 15, 1:01 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 23 hr |
| Sep 15, 11:07 AM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, McKinley and 9 more | 43 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 12:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 1:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 113 min |
| Sep 15, 1:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min | |
| Sep 15, 1:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 2:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 24 min |
| Sep 15, 3:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 4 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 3:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 40 min |
| Sep 15, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min | |
| Sep 15, 4:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 23 min |
| Sep 15, 4:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 4:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Sep 15, 5:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 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.