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River Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 25, 2026Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at Sep 25, 2026, 2:45 AM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Sep 25, 2026, 2:45 AM MDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2026, 7:08 AM MDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Rio Hondo above Roswell (DARN5). The gauge peaked at 26.46 ft at Sep 25, 2026, 3:00 AM MDT.

Action stage: 25 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 27 ft
Major stage: 28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08390500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood warning went out at Sep 25, 12:20 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 12:20 AM MDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 24, 10:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 50 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
Sep 24, 6:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Sep 24, 6:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	5 hr
Sep 24, 6:41 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
Sep 24, 7:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	5 hr
Sep 24, 7:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	29 min
Sep 24, 8:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
Sep 24, 9:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	6 hr
Sep 24, 9:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	12 hr
Sep 24, 11:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	4 hr
Sep 25, 2:25 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Sep 25, 3:04 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves	116 min
Sep 25, 3:29 AM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Lincoln, Roosevelt	8 hr
Sep 25, 7:04 AM MDT	River Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	12 hr
Sep 25, 7:06 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	36 hr
Sep 25, 11:53 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Sep 25, 1:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	108 min
Sep 25, 1:35 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Sep 25, 2:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	26 min
Sep 25, 2:20 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	3 hr
Sep 25, 2:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	47 min
Sep 25, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	31 min
Sep 25, 2:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	29 min
Sep 25, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	47 min
Sep 25, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	30 min
Sep 25, 3:11 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	4 hr
Sep 25, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	36 min
Sep 25, 3:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	24 min
Sep 25, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	47 min
Sep 25, 3:49 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Sep 25, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	32 min
Sep 25, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	45 min
Sep 25, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	27 min
Sep 25, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	40 min
Sep 25, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	29 min
Sep 25, 5:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	4 hr
Sep 25, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	38 min
Sep 25, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Sep 25, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	31 min
Sep 25, 5:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Sep 25, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	33 min
Sep 25, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	29 min
Sep 25, 5:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	27 min
Sep 25, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	25 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.