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Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2026, 2:33 PM MDT for Lincoln 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
- Jul 20, 2026, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2026, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Damage threat
- Considerable
- 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 20:32 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 Jul 20, 12:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 12:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 7:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Juan | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 7:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Juan | 2 hr |
| Jul 19, 8:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Juan | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 8:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Juan | 30 min |
| Jul 20, 12:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance, Valencia | 42 min |
| Jul 20, 1:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 1:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 34 min |
| Jul 20, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 32 min |
| Jul 20, 3:27 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 3:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min | |
| Jul 20, 4:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:48 PM MDT | Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, San Juan, Socorro | 28 hr |
| Jul 20, 4:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 37 min |
| Jul 20, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min | |
| Jul 20, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 30 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.