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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 7, 1990Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 1990, 9:45 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 7, 1990, 9:45 PM MDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Sep 7, 1990, 10:45 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval 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 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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 00:00Z on 1990-09-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 61 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1990-09-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 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
61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-160 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
145 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 080349
FFWABQ
NMC001-043-080445-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
945 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...BERNALILLO COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANDOVAL COUNTY
 
AT 940 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
20 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. THE SEVERE THUNDER-
STORM IS ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES IN DIAMETER AND IS MOVING SOUTH-
EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE LOCAL WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH..
MPH...HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS AND ARROYOS
QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 9:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval60 min

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.