Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 10, 1992, 2:48 PM MDT (20:48 UTC)

Expired

Aug 10, 1992, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

57 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Whole counties

County Colfax County, NM

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TTAA00 KABQ 102050
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NMC007-102145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
248 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  345 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...COLFAX COUNTY
 
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN RECEIVED FROM UTE PARK
AND CIMARRON IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN COLFAX COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITIES IN CIMARRON REPORT SOME OF THE IRRIGATION DRAINAGES ARE
FULL AND RAIN STILL FALLING HEAVILY. SATELLITE AND RADAR INDICATES
HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF COLFAX COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS
ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.
 
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.

In the hours before

NMZ002-004-005-009-102200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
155 PM MDT MON AUG 10 1992

...THUNDERSTORMS NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST...

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHCENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THE HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTEND
FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS WEST OF RATON AND LAS VEGAS
EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. RADAR INDICATES THAT SOME OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY RAIN. LAW ENFORCEMENT
AUTHORITIES REPORT SMALL HAIL AT CIMARRON AT 1:40 PM.

A WEAK COLD FRONT MOVING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE
ROCKIES AIDED THE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. UPPER LEVEL WINDS ARE
RATHER WEAK....THUS THE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PERSIST OVER ONE AREA FOR AN
EXTENDED PERIOD. AS A RESULT THERE IS THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HEAVY AMOUNTS OF RAIN OVER THE NEXT FEW
HOURS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

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Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992

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.