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Flash Flood Warning 45, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 22, 2026McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2026, 4:40 PM MDT for McKinley 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 22, 2026, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2026, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
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 22:39 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 22, 1:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 1:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 3:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 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 21, 7:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	McKinley	5 hr
Jul 22, 12:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 22, 2:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, San Juan	4 hr
Jul 22, 2:40 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	42 min
Jul 22, 3:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	5 hr
Jul 22, 3:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 22, 4:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 22, 4:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 22, 5:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	32 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.