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Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 2026Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2026, 11:12 AM MST for Cibola 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, 11:12 AM MST (18:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2026, 2:15 PM MST
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Cibola County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 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, 10:16 AM MST, 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 10:16 AM MST, 56 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 23, 5:21 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Taos	114 min
Jul 23, 5:59 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 23, 6:24 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 23, 6:34 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 23, 6:37 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 24, 11:01 AM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 24, 11:06 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 24, 11:31 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	29 min
Jul 24, 11:59 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 24, 12:20 PM MST	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 5 more	32 hr
Jul 24, 12:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 24, 12:42 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:02 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:13 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:42 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:51 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 24, 2:07 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 24, 2:10 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 24, 2:18 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 24, 2:23 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 24, 2:53 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 24, 2:59 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:09 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	36 min
Jul 24, 3:12 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	33 min
Jul 24, 3:17 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	28 min
Jul 24, 3:26 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	34 min
Jul 24, 3:32 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:48 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:12 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:19 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:19 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	26 min
Jul 24, 4:23 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	37 min
Jul 24, 4:33 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:35 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
Jul 24, 4:52 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	23 min

Nearby

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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.