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Flash Flood Warning 149, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 17, 2026Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 17, 2026, 5:57 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 17, 2026, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Sep 17, 2026, 9:00 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

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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 17, 5:20 PM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 17, 5:20 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 17, 2:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 17, 3:12 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 4:58 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 5:04 PM MDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 17, 5:43 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 17, 5:57 PM MDT, 0 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 16, 6:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	3 hr
Sep 16, 6:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 16, 7:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 16, 9:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Sep 16, 9:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	51 min
Sep 16, 10:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	49 min
Sep 17, 2:24 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley and 10 more	25 hr
Sep 17, 12:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	6 hr
Sep 17, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	30 min
Sep 17, 1:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 17, 1:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	46 min
Sep 17, 1:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	23 min
Sep 17, 2:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	119 min
Sep 17, 2:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 17, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	29 min
Sep 17, 3:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	3 hr
Sep 17, 3:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 17, 4:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	6 hr
Sep 17, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Sep 17, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Sandoval	46 min
Sep 17, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	26 min
Sep 17, 5:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	76 min
Sep 17, 5:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Sep 17, 5:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	3 hr
Sep 17, 5:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	32 min
Sep 17, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	12 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.