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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 23, 1990Catron County, Grant County, Sierra County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 23, 1990, 9:35 AM MDT for Catron County, Grant County, Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 23, 1990, 9:35 AM MDT (15:35 UTC)
Expired
Sep 23, 1990, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Catron County, NM, Grant County, NM, 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 12:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 197 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 12:00Z on 1990-09-23Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1990-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -41 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3645 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 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 231534
FFWABQ
NMC017-051-003-231930-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
935 AM MDT SUN SEP 23 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  130 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN GRANT COUNTY...WESTERN SIERRA COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHERN CATRON COUNTY
 
REPORTS FROM THE GILA AREA IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO INDICATE THAT THE
EAST FORK OF THE GILA RIVER IS FLOODING. LOW WATER CROSSINGS ON ROADS
ALONG THE EAST FORK OF THE GILA ARE UNDERWATER. THE WEST FORK OF THE
GILA IS RUNNING BANKFULL.
 
RAIN IS CONTINUING IN THE GILA AREA AT THIS TIME AND SCATTERED SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FORECAST THROUGHOUT TODAY AND INTO TONIGHT.
 
 
 
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.

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.