Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1988
Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 13, 1988, 4:05 PM MDT for Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 13, 1988, 4:05 PM MDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 13, 1988, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Valencia County, NM
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 2:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 255 PM MDT TUE SEP 13 1988 A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS OBSERVED ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF LOS LUNAS NEW MEXICO AT 245 PM MDT. THE FUNNEL CLOUD CAME OUT OF A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WHICH WILL PASS OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA IN THE NEXT HOUR. HAIL... LOCAL RAINS OF AN INCH OR MORE...WINDS GUSTING ABOVE 40 MPH... AND MORE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. PERSONS IN THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA SHOULD PREPARE FOR ADVERSE WEATHER BETWEEN NOW AND 400 PM MDT. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS WILL BE ISSUED IF NEEDED. END
Special weather statement, Sep 13, 3:52 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 345 PM MDT TUE SEP 13 1988 THE THUNDERSTORM CELL THAT PRODUCED THE FUNNEL CLOUDS THAT WERE SIGHTED WEST OF LOS LUNAS HAS NOW MOVED EAST TOWARDS THE MANZANO MOUNTAINS AND MOSTLY SOUTHEAST OF ALBUQUERQUE. OTHER SMALL FUNNELS WERE ALSO SIGHTED BY THE PUBLIC NEAR BERNALILLO AROUND 300 PM MDT. FUNNELS OF THIS TYPE COULD BUT RARELY TOUCH THE GROUND AND THUS SIGNIFICANT DAMAGE IS NOT LIKELY. WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY ACROSS THE AREA...HEAVY RAINS... STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL ARE POSSIBLE FROM SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS IN BERNALILLO COUNTY SHOULD BE ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY THAT SEVERE WEATHER MAY YET DEVELOP AND REMAIN ABREAST OF THE CURRENT AND FORECAST WEATHER.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 13, 5:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Torrance, Valencia | 2 hr |
Nearby
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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.