New MexicoSite status

Rain & rivers

Rain expected and rain that fell, and the gauges at action stage or above in New Mexico, each with NWS’s forecast. Flood warnings are the Live tracker’s.

Observed gauges / Forecast gauges / NWS warnings: feeds current

Observed gauges: Feed current; checked .

Forecast gauges: Feed current; checked .

NWS warnings: Feed current; checked .

Checked means retrieved, not newly issued. Each graphic retains its issue, observation, initialization or valid time. Site publishing status is separate.

Rain and rivers in New Mexico

  • Expected rain: below WPC’s lowest contour (0.01 in) in New Mexico, in WPC’s forecast for the 24 hours to . An amount for the area its contour covers, not a total for any one street.
  • Rain that fell: under 0.01 in at its highest in New Mexico, in the 24 hours to , by MRMS’s radar estimate over a grid about 5 km across: a measurement of the past, not corrected to rain gauges.
  • Rivers: no river gauge in New Mexico is in flood or forecast to flood, by NWS’s lists read . Gauges are on larger rivers, not every creek: this is not a sign that nothing can flood.

Three sources, each its own window. None is a chance of flash flooding, which is WPC’s outlook above; a flash flood is a warning’s. Gauges in the Live tracker

On the Briefing’s map

River, coastal and lake gauges in New Mexico

No river, coastal or lake gauge in New Mexico is at action stage or above, observed or forecast. Gauges are on larger rivers, not every creek: this is not a sign that nothing can flood.

A gauge measures its water at that one place. Flash flooding, which comes in hours from heavy rain, is in the warnings as Flash Flood Warnings; a river can be in flood with no rain falling.

Gauges observed checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauges forecast checked · Data: NOAA/NWS

Gauge impacts and forecasts checked · Data: NOAA/NWPS

New Mexico flash-flood briefing

Not an official warning service. Warnings and watches are the National Weather Service’s, outlooks and reports the Storm Prediction Center’s and the Weather Prediction Center’s (Data: NOAA/NWS, NOAA/SPC, NOAA/WPC). When a warning is issued for you, act on it, and use weather.gov or a NOAA Weather Radio for where you are.