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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 13, 1990Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 1990, 7:24 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1990, 7:24 PM MDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1990, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Sierra County, NM

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 148 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1990-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1990-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3587 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 140130
FFWABQ
NMC051-140230-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
724 PM MDT MON AUG 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...CENTRAL SIERRA COUNTY
 
   ...AFFECTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDE TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES...
      WILLAMSBURG...CABALLO...CUCHILLO...LAS PALOMAS...
      ELEPHANT BUTTE AND ELEPHANT BUTTE ESTATES...
 
AT 715 PM MDT...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS APPROCHING
THE TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES AREA FROM THE SOUTH. THE SIERRA COUNTY
SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED HEAVY RAINS AND STRONG WINDS NEAR CABALLO
RESERVIOR ON INTERSTATE 25 AT 715 PM MDT.
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS OCCURRING OR IS
IMMINENT.  MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER{ TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL
ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Miguel62 min
Aug 13, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.