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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 11, 1992Bernalillo County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 11, 1992, 8:54 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1992, 8:54 PM MDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1992, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 23 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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 MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo64 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

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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.