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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 15, 1990Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 15, 1990, 2:25 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 15, 1990, 2:25 PM MDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 15, 1990, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1990-08-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 24 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1990-08-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
24 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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 152027
FFWABQ
NMC027-160030-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
225 PM MDT WED AUG 15 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WAS FALLING IN EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY. AN
OBSERVER AT PICACHO REPORTED OVER ONE INCH OF RAIN AROUND 2 PM. THE TWRIVERS RESERVOIR...ON THE RIO HONDO...HAS RISEN DRAMATICALLY THIS
AFTERNOON. VERY HEAVY RAINS OF SEVERAL INCHES FELL IN THIS AREA LAST
NIGHT...SO THIS AFTERNOON'S HEAVY RAIN IS RUNNING OFF QUICKLY.  THIS
WARNING INCLUDES THE RIO HONDO AND ITS TRIBUTARIES.
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 9:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln3 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.