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Flash Flood Warning 155, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 18, 2026, 6:11 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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 18, 2026, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 18, 2026, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM
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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 18, 5:44 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 5:44 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 18, 6:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 6:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, Socorro | 113 min |
| Sep 18, 6:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 34 min |
| Sep 18, 6:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 30 min |
| Sep 18, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 26 min |
| Sep 18, 7:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 25 min | |
| Sep 18, 9:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 2 hr |
| Sep 18, 9:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 7:30 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 30 min |
| Sep 19, 10:03 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 27 min |
| Sep 19, 11:31 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 11:55 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 12:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 52 min |
| Sep 19, 12:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 44 min |
| Sep 19, 12:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 47 min | |
| Sep 19, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 34 min |
| Sep 19, 12:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min | |
| Sep 19, 1:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 40 min |
| Sep 19, 1:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 24 min |
| Sep 19, 1:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 34 min |
| Sep 19, 1:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola | 16 min |
| Sep 19, 1:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 41 min |
| Sep 19, 1:41 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 35 min |
| Sep 19, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 29 min | |
| Sep 19, 1:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola, Valencia | 30 min |
| Sep 19, 1:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 2:04 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 33 min |
| Sep 19, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola, Socorro, Valencia | 40 min |
| Sep 19, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 2:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro, Valencia | 48 min |
| Sep 19, 3:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro, Valencia | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 3:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 38 min |
| Sep 19, 3:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 29 min |
| Sep 19, 3:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 3:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 36 min |
| Sep 19, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 31 min |
| Sep 19, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro, Valencia | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 19 min |
| Sep 19, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 26 min |
| Sep 19, 4:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe | 21 min |
| Sep 19, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 31 min |
| Sep 19, 4:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 2 hr |
| Sep 19, 4:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 47 min |
| Sep 19, 5:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 25 min |
| Sep 19, 5:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro, Valencia | 46 min |
| Sep 19, 5:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 17 min |
| Sep 19, 5:47 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola, Socorro, Valencia | 118 min |
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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.