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Flash Flood Warning 155, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 18, 2026Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

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

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 18, 5:44 PM MDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 18, 5:44 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 18, 3:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 4:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 5:15 PM MDT, 56 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 5:19 PM MDT, 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 5:49 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 18, 5:51 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 18, 6:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, Sandoval2 hr
Sep 18, 6:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, Socorro113 min
Sep 18, 6:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves34 min
Sep 18, 6:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia30 min
Sep 18, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos26 min
Sep 18, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ25 min
Sep 18, 9:02 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo2 hr
Sep 18, 9:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval3 hr
Sep 19, 7:30 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley30 min
Sep 19, 10:03 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval27 min
Sep 19, 11:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola44 min
Sep 19, 11:55 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos35 min
Sep 19, 12:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola52 min
Sep 19, 12:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola44 min
Sep 19, 12:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ47 min
Sep 19, 12:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola34 min
Sep 19, 12:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ37 min
Sep 19, 1:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola3 hr
Sep 19, 1:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro40 min
Sep 19, 1:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia24 min
Sep 19, 1:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro3 hr
Sep 19, 1:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval34 min
Sep 19, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Cibola16 min
Sep 19, 1:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola41 min
Sep 19, 1:41 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQCibola3 hr
Sep 19, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, McKinley35 min
Sep 19, 1:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ29 min
Sep 19, 1:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, Valencia30 min
Sep 19, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval46 min
Sep 19, 2:04 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola3 hr
Sep 19, 2:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos33 min
Sep 19, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval29 min
Sep 19, 2:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, Socorro, Valencia40 min
Sep 19, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval46 min
Sep 19, 2:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval3 hr
Sep 19, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro36 min
Sep 19, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Valencia48 min
Sep 19, 3:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro, Valencia2 hr
Sep 19, 3:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro38 min
Sep 19, 3:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro29 min
Sep 19, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe26 min
Sep 19, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval36 min
Sep 19, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance31 min
Sep 19, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Valencia46 min
Sep 19, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola19 min
Sep 19, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion26 min
Sep 19, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel26 min
Sep 19, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe21 min
Sep 19, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro31 min
Sep 19, 4:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro, Torrance, Valencia2 hr
Sep 19, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Torrance, Valencia47 min
Sep 19, 5:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia25 min
Sep 19, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Valencia46 min
Sep 19, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Torrance, Valencia17 min
Sep 19, 5:47 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola, Socorro, Valencia118 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.