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Flash Flood Warning 193, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 25, 2026Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 25, 2026, 10:53 AM MST for Cibola 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 25, 2026, 10:53 AM MST (17:53 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2026, 2:00 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Cibola 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 25, 10:42 AM MST, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 10:42 AM MST, 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 25, 5:39 AM MST, 5 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 25, 5:48 AM MST, 5 hours 5 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 24, 5:14 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Sep 24, 5:24 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	5 hr
Sep 24, 5:41 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
Sep 24, 6:27 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	5 hr
Sep 24, 6:31 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	29 min
Sep 24, 7:59 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
Sep 24, 8:42 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	6 hr
Sep 24, 8:55 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	12 hr
Sep 24, 10:54 PM MST	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	4 hr
Sep 25, 1:25 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Sep 25, 1:45 AM MST	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	4 hr
Sep 25, 2:04 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves	116 min
Sep 25, 2:29 AM MST	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Lincoln, Roosevelt	8 hr
Sep 25, 6:04 AM MST	River Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	12 hr
Sep 25, 6:06 AM MST	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	36 hr
Sep 25, 12:12 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	108 min
Sep 25, 12:35 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Sep 25, 1:04 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	26 min
Sep 25, 1:20 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	3 hr
Sep 25, 1:25 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	47 min
Sep 25, 1:44 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	31 min
Sep 25, 1:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	29 min
Sep 25, 1:58 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	47 min
Sep 25, 2:00 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	30 min
Sep 25, 2:11 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	4 hr
Sep 25, 2:24 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	36 min
Sep 25, 2:36 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	24 min
Sep 25, 2:43 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	47 min
Sep 25, 2:49 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 25, 2:58 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	32 min
Sep 25, 3:00 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	45 min
Sep 25, 3:33 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	27 min
Sep 25, 3:35 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	40 min
Sep 25, 3:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	29 min
Sep 25, 4:05 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	4 hr
Sep 25, 4:07 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	38 min
Sep 25, 4:13 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Sep 25, 4:14 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	31 min
Sep 25, 4:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Sep 25, 4:42 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	33 min
Sep 25, 4:46 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	29 min
Sep 25, 4:48 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	27 min
Sep 25, 4:50 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	25 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.