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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 6, 1991San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 1991, 9:30 AM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1991, 9:30 AM MDT (15:30 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1991, 11:30 AM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 284 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 113 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1991-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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