Alert archive / New Mexico / River Flood Warnings in 2026
River Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this river flood warning at Sep 25, 2026, 7:06 AM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It took effect at Sep 25, 2026, 11:54 PM MDT. It was in force for 19 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 25, 2026, 7:06 AM MDT (13:06 UTC)
- In effect from
- Sep 25, 2026, 11:54 PM MDT
- Expired
- Sep 26, 2026, 7:06 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Chaves County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The river
Written for the forecast point Pecos River above Lake Arthur (LATN5). The gauge peaked at 17.03 ft at Sep 26, 2026, 3:00 PM MDT.
- Action stage
- 17.5 ft
- Minor stage
- 20 ft
- Moderate stage
- 22 ft
- Major stage
- 25 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 08395500, 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, 5:50 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 5:50 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 25, 6:39 AM MDT, 27 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Sep 25, 6:48 AM MDT, 18 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>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 | 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 | ABQ | Chaves | 3 hr |
| Sep 25, 2:45 AM MDT | River Flood Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Sep 25, 3:04 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | 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, 11:53 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | 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 | 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 | 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 |
Nearby
River Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2026Every river 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.