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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 21, 2026McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2026, 1:29 PM MDT for McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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 21, 2026, 1:29 PM MDT (19:29 UTC)
Expired: Jul 21, 2026, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County McKinley County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 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 21, 12:29 PM MDT, 1 hour earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 12:29 PM MDT, 1 hour before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 21, 10:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 21, 10:42 AM MDT, 2 hours 47 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
Jul 20, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	26 min
Jul 20, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	35 min
Jul 20, 8:28 PM MDT	Dust Storm Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	32 min
Jul 20, 8:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	28 min
Jul 20, 9:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	29 min
Jul 20, 9:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	44 min
Jul 21, 1:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	McKinley	4 hr
Jul 21, 1:57 PM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 4 more	32 hr
Jul 21, 2:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 21, 2:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 21, 2:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	38 min
Jul 21, 3:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	33 min
Jul 21, 3:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 21, 3:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jul 21, 4:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	36 min
Jul 21, 4:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro	3 hr
Jul 21, 5:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	36 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.