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Flash Flood Warning 48, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2026, 12:12 PM MDT for Socorro 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 23, 2026, 12:12 PM MDT (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 23, 2026, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Socorro County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:12 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 23, 11:35 AM MDT, 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 11:35 AM MDT, 37 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 6:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 36 min | |
| Jul 23, 12:41 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | ABQ | Quay | 19 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:45 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 32 hr |
| Jul 23, 11:47 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 26 min |
| Jul 23, 1:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 2 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min | |
| Jul 23, 2:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 33 min |
| Jul 23, 2:18 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 4 hr |
| Jul 23, 2:48 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 29 min |
| Jul 23, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 31 min |
| Jul 23, 3:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 3:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 4:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 23, 5:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
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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.