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Flash Flood Warning 177, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 23, 2026Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 23, 2026, 9:08 AM MDT for Lincoln 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 23, 2026, 9:08 AM MDT (15:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 2026, 11:14 AM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:08 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 23, 6:11 AM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 23, 6:11 AM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 6:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQQuay, Roosevelt58 min
Sep 22, 6:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax118 min
Sep 22, 6:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel3 hr
Sep 22, 6:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca3 hr
Sep 22, 6:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Quay, Roosevelt3 hr
Sep 22, 7:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe3 hr
Sep 22, 8:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt3 hr
Sep 22, 9:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Quay48 min
Sep 22, 10:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQHarding, Quay3 hr
Sep 23, 12:27 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQChaves12 hr
Sep 23, 2:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca26 min
Sep 23, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding36 min
Sep 23, 2:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel3 hr
Sep 23, 3:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Quay3 hr
Sep 23, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry28 min
Sep 23, 4:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay30 min
Sep 23, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln53 min
Sep 23, 5:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay37 min
Sep 23, 5:49 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQChaves, Lincoln4 hr

Nearby

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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.