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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 6, 2026Catron County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2026, 3:30 PM MDT for Catron 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
Aug 6, 2026, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2026, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

County Catron County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 Aug 5, 5:59 PM MDT, 21 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 5:59 PM MDT, 21 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Aug 5, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ38 min
Aug 5, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion31 min
Aug 5, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax36 min
Aug 5, 8:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora28 min
Aug 5, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora66 min
Aug 5, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding27 min
Aug 5, 11:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQQuay, San Miguel31 min
Aug 6, 12:20 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQQuay, San Miguel2 hr
Aug 6, 9:46 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 5 more34 hr
Aug 6, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora31 min
Aug 6, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora29 min
Aug 6, 3:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora36 min
Aug 6, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ36 min
Aug 6, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel32 min
Aug 6, 3:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron113 min
Aug 6, 5:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel36 min
Aug 6, 5:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe65 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.