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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 13, 1991Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 13, 1991, 2:17 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 13, 1991, 2:17 PM MDT (20:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 1991, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 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 1991-06-13Temperature 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 1991-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 90 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
1353 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 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 132018
FFWABQ
NMC001-043-132115-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
217 PM MDT THU JUN 13 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN BERNALILLO COUNTY...SOUTHERN SANDOVAL COUNTY
 
AT 210 PM MDT SEVERAL REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE RECIEVED FROM
RIO RANCHO AND CORRALES. WATER WAS REPORTED RUNNING IN STREETS IN
RIO RANCHO AND IN SOME OF THE ARROYOS. RADAR SHOWS THE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING TOWARDS THE EAST AROUND 10 MPH.
 
 
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...D>IPS...OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS
THE ROADWAY.  NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING ARROYO...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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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.