NWS Albuquerque NMFF.W 0117August 28, 2026
Flash Flood Warning: San Miguel, NM
The National Weather Service office in Albuquerque issued a flash flood warning for San Miguel in New Mexico, which was in force until 5:00 p.m. local time on August 28. It was the 117th flash flood warning the NWS office in Albuquerque issued in 2026. New Mexico had 79 flash flood warnings in August 2026, against 44 in an average August of 2008-2025 (New Mexico's flash flood warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 3.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Albuquerque NM
- Area
- San Miguel
- State
- New Mexico
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 1:55 p.m. MDT, August 28, 2026
- Expires
- 5:00 p.m. MDT, August 28, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Likely, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KABQ FF.W 0117
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico since 2008Every warning type in New Mexico
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The notice as issued
FFWABQ The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... The Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar in... Northwestern San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico... * Until 500 PM MDT. * At 155 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain over the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar. Between 0.75 and 1 inch of rain has fallen on the Upper Tecolote Creek Basin. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.75 inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar. * Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... El Porvenir, Montezuma, Mineral Hill, Gallinas and San Geronimo. This also includes Blue Haven Youth Camp and Sebastian Canyon.
What the agency told people to do
This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks, streams and ditches in the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Burn Scar. Roads and driveways may be washed away in places. If you encounter flood waters, climb to safety.
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The record around this notice
- Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico since 2008165 a year
- Every warning type in New Mexico
- Flash Flood Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most3,924 a year
- NWS notices, August 20264,574 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels