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Flash Flood Warning 91, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Aug 5, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 38 min | |
| Aug 5, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 36 min |
| Aug 5, 8:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 66 min |
| Aug 5, 8:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 11:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 12:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 9:46 AM MDT | Heat Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 5 more | 34 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 31 min |
| Aug 6, 3:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 36 min | |
| Aug 6, 3:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 32 min |
| Aug 6, 3:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 113 min |
| Aug 6, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 5:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 65 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.