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Flash Flood Warning 98, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 15, 2026Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 2026, 1:42 PM MDT for Mora 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 15, 2026, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2026, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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 15, 1:36 PM MDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 1:36 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 15, 10:31 AM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1031 AM MDT Sat Aug 15 2026

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0500 PM     Flash Flood      5 WNW Bonito Lake       33.47N 105.79W
08/14/2026                   Lincoln            NM   Public

            Social media photos show significant mud and
            debris across Bonito Lake Road. Social media
            post stated that multiple locations westward
            of Bonito Lake had mud and debris over
            roadway, making them impassable. Location
            estimated via photos and time estimated via
            radar.

&&

CG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 14, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		37 min
Aug 15, 12:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	4 hr
Aug 15, 1:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Aug 15, 2:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	3 hr
Aug 15, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
Aug 15, 4:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	3 hr
Aug 15, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	37 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2026 Every 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.