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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 2026San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2026, 12:01 PM MDT for San Miguel 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 24, 2026, 12:01 PM MDT (18:01 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2026, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:04 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 24, 11:16 AM MDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 11:16 AM MDT, 45 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTaos114 min
Jul 23, 6:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 23, 7:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba3 hr
Jul 23, 7:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 23, 7:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 24, 12:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba3 hr
Jul 24, 12:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola3 hr
Jul 24, 12:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel29 min
Jul 24, 12:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba3 hr
Jul 24, 1:20 PM MDTFlood WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 5 more32 hr
Jul 24, 1:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Jul 24, 1:42 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQCatron3 hr
Jul 24, 2:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval3 hr
Jul 24, 2:13 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMora3 hr
Jul 24, 2:42 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro3 hr
Jul 24, 2:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval3 hr
Jul 24, 3:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax3 hr
Jul 24, 3:10 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQLincoln3 hr
Jul 24, 3:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Jul 24, 3:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Jul 24, 3:53 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba3 hr
Jul 24, 3:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 24, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves36 min
Jul 24, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt33 min
Jul 24, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry28 min
Jul 24, 4:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel34 min
Jul 24, 4:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe3 hr
Jul 24, 4:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance3 hr
Jul 24, 5:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola3 hr
Jul 24, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Jul 24, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora26 min
Jul 24, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe37 min
Jul 24, 5:33 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 24, 5:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo3 hr
Jul 24, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo23 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2026Every flash flood warning in 2026

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.