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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 1991Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 1991, 8:22 PM MDT for Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1991, 8:22 PM MDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1991, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Socorro County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1991-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 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 250223
FFWABQ
NMC053-250530-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
822 PM MDT WED JUL 24 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOCORRO COUNTY
 
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN ARE ROLLING SOUTHEASTWARD OUT OF
VALENCIA COUNTY INTO NORTHERN SOCORRO COUNTY. THE NEW MEXICO STATE
POLICE REPORT THAT THE RIO PUERCO IS RUNNING AND SOME FLOODING IS
OCCURRING NEAR THE VALENCIA AND SOCORRO COUNTY LINE.  THESE THUNDER-
STORMS WILL CONTINUE MOVING SOUTHEASTWARD THROUGH SOCORRO COUNTY
DURING THE NEXT FEW 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...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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval2 hr
Jul 24, 7:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQValencia2 hr
Jul 24, 8:41 PM MDTTornado WarningABQBernalillo49 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.