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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 22, 1990Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 1990, 4:50 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 1990, 4:50 PM MDT (22:50 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 1990, 7:05 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Bernalillo 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 1990-09-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 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 1990-09-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-96 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1186 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
12 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 222256
FFWABQ
NMC001-230200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
450 PM MDT SAT SEP 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS EXTENDED THE
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...BERNALILLO COUNTY
 
PORTIONS OF THE  NORTHEAST HEIGHTS RECEIVED BETWEEN THREE-QUARTERS OF
AN INCH AND ONE AND A THIRD INCHES OR RAIN THIS AFTERNOON. RADAR AT 43PM MDT SHOWED AN AREAOF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH OF
BERNALILLO COUNTY...WITH SOME AREA OF HEAVY RAINS. THESES STORMS WERE
MOVING TOWARD THE NORTH AT 10 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS BERNALILLO COUN
DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.
 
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...LOW SPOTS OR ARROYOS IF WATER
COVERS THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM OR
ARROYOS...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.  TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE
UP TO HIGHER GROUND.

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 22, 2:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
NMZ007-222330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
230 PM MDT SAT SEP 22 1990

...SCATTERED SHOWERS...

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS ARE MOVING ACROSS THE CITY WITH MODERATE
AMOUNTS OF RAIN REPORTED IN THE FAR EAST HEIGHTS. RUNOFF FROM THESE
SHOWERS MAY CAUSE WATER LEVEL IN ARROYOS AND DRAINAGES TO RISE
RAPIDLY. STAY OUT AND AWAY FROM THE ARROYOS.

AT MID AFTERNOON RADAR CONTINUED TO DETECT OTHER SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSHOWERS TO THE SOUTH OF THE CITY. WITH THE NORTHWARD
MOVEMENT...THERE MAY BE REPEAT PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS
THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON.

PERSONS PLANNING ON ATTENDING HOMECOMING ACTIVITIES AND THE FOOTBALL
GAME THIS AFTERNOON SHOULD BE PREPARED TO WEATHER THE SHOWERY
CONDITIONS.

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1990Every flash flood warning in 1990

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.