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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 14, 1990Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 1990, 5:50 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1990, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1990, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
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 12:00Z, 11.8 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 12:00Z on 1990-07-14Temperature 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 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 1990-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -19 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
882 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
66 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 142352
FFWABQ
NMC001-043-150245-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
550 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...BERNALILLO COUNTY... SANDOVAL COUNTY
 
AT 540 PM RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY THUNERSTORMS 10 MILES NORTH OF
ALBUQUERQUE AND NEAR COCHITI LAKE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEASTWARD AT 15 MPH.
 
THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR RIO RANCHO AT 545 PM.
 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE BRIEF VERY GUSTY WINDS.  VER}Y HEAVY
RAINS MAY PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING TO LOW LYING AREAS..STREAM AND ARROYO
DURING THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo3 hr
Jul 13, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo52 min
Jul 13, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln47 min
Jul 14, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval55 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.