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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 11, 1992Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1992, 6:41 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1992, 6:41 PM MDT (00:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1992, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Bernalillo County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 1992-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 339 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1992-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 112 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
339 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2092 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
211 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
4.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 120041
FFWABQ
NMC001-120145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
641 PM MDT TUE AUG 11 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...WESTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR 15
TO 20 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IS ABOUT 10 MILES IN DIAMETER AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15
MPH.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RA,IN.
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia56 min
Aug 11, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo64 min
Aug 11, 7:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia58 min
Aug 11, 7:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia58 min
Aug 11, 8:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia2 hr

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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.