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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 25, 2026Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2026, 8:50 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 25, 2026, 8:50 PM MDT (02:50 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2026, 11:45 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 02:50 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 25, 5:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 5:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:30 PM MDT, 5 hours 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 8:30 PM MDT, 20 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 25, 7:41 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Juan	3 hr
Jul 25, 8:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Juan	3 hr
Jul 26, 12:45 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro	19 hr
Jul 26, 10:07 AM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 13 more	33 hr
Jul 26, 2:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 26, 3:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 26, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 26, 4:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 26, 5:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 26, 5:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	36 min
Jul 26, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	43 min
Jul 26, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	23 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.