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Flash Flood Warning 178, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 24, 2026Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 24, 2026, 1:48 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 5 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 24, 2026, 1:48 PM MDT (19:48 UTC)
Expired
Sep 24, 2026, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
5 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 19:48 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 24, 12:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 24, 12:00 PM MDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 1:56 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQLincoln5 hr
Sep 24, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln36 min
Sep 24, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln29 min
Sep 24, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ29 min
Sep 24, 3:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRoosevelt111 min
Sep 24, 3:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry6 hr
Sep 24, 3:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry28 min
Sep 24, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry26 min
Sep 24, 3:58 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQLincoln6 hr
Sep 24, 4:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRoosevelt27 min
Sep 24, 4:30 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threatABQLincoln5 hr
Sep 24, 4:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt5 hr
Sep 24, 4:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry43 min
Sep 24, 4:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt5 hr
Sep 24, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves3 hr
Sep 24, 5:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt23 min
Sep 24, 5:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt4 hr
Sep 24, 5:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt4 hr
Sep 24, 5:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves16 min

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.