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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 12, 1990Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 1990, 3:49 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 116 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1990, 3:49 PM MDT (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1990, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
116 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance 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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1990-08-12Temperature 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1990-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2548 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
31 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 122154
FFWABQ
NMC001-049-057-122345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
349 PM MDT SUN AUG 12 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...EASTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY
 
   AFFECTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDE THE EAST SIDE OF ALBUQUERQUE...
   TIJERAS...CEDAR CREST...SANDIA PARK...ESCOBOSA...CHILILI...
   EDGEWOOD...MORIARTY...AND STANLEY...
 
AT 345 PM MDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE INDICATED BY RADAR OVER
AND NEAR THE SANDIA AND NORTHERN MANZANO MOUNTAIN RANGES AND
NEAR STANLEY NEW MEXICO.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH AND WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DESTRUCTIVE 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 QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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, Aug 12, 3:36 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
NMZALL-082345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
335 PM MDT SUN AUG 12 1990

WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING OVER PARTS OF NEW
MEXICO.  SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR SPRINGER AND CLINES
CORNERS.

UPPER AIR WINDS A LIGHT...SO THIS AFTERNOON`S THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE MOVING VERY SLOWLY.

THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND EVEN SOME HAIL.  PEOPLE...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN
NORTHEAST AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

LV

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance86 min
Aug 12, 4:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax2 hr

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.