Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at May 22, 1992, 10:59 PM MDT for Sierra County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 22, 1992, 10:59 PM MDT (04:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1992, 3:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 4 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sierra County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
El Paso Intl Airport, TX (KELP), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 390 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3080 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 156 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 230501 FFWABQ NMC051-230900- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1059 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO ...SIERRA COUNTY AT 1045 PM MDT THE SHERIFFS OFFICE IN TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCE REPORTED THAT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD MOVED ACROSS TRUTH OF CONSEQUENCE DURING THE PAST HOUR. THIS CAUSE A ROCK SLIDE ON HIGHWAY 51. AT 1045 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN SIERRA COUNTY. THIS BAND WAS MOVING NORTHWARD AT 30 TO 35 MPH. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO EXTENDED SOUTHWARD INTO WEST TEXAS AND THESE WERE MOVING NORTHWARD. SO PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSILBE OVER SIERRA COUNTY FOR THE NEXT 2 TO 3 HOURS AND WITH THE GROUND ALREADY SATURATED...FLASH FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND ARROYOS WILL BE POSSIBLE. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLOODS AND FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY. MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 22, 5:44 PM MDT, 5 hours 15 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 530 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 8 PM MDT TONIGHT... AT 530 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST QUARTERS OF THE STATE WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST VALLEYS AND 20 MILES WEST OF RATON. HEAVIEST WERE 15 MILES SOUTH OF CHAMA AND NEAR CORONA AND ZUNI. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN ARIZONA...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE AND WERE ISOLATED OVER THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN GUADALUPE PEAK...WINK AND PRESIDO. HEAVIEST WAS NEAR PECOS. IN COLORAOD...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCALTTERED OVER THE WEST CENTRAL VALLEYS. IN SOUTHEAST UTAH...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTOMS WERE FROM MOAB TO BLANDING.
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
NMC001-006-019-057-161-230100 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1992 THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BERNALILLO...EASTERN CIBOLA...GUADALUPE... NORTHERN TORRANCE AND VALENCIA COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCEL. HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOCCORO COUNTY IN THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...THE SOUTHCENTRAL VALLEY...THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE SOUTHEASTERN PLAINS UNTIL 8 PM MDT... AT 530 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS COVERED THE NORTHWEST AND SOUTHEAST QUARTERS OF THE STATE WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHWEST VALLEYS AND 20 MILES WEST OF RATON. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A FEW WILL LIKELY LINGER PAST MIDNIGHT. EBM
Special weather statement, May 22, 6:45 PM MDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-230200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 630 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO UNTIL 8 PM MDT TONIGHT... AT 630 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE CENTER HALF OF THE STATE RUNNING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST VALLEYS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IN ARIZONA...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE AND WERE ISOLATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN GUADALUPE PEAK...WINK AND PRESIDO. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. IN COLORADO...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER THE WEST CENTRAL VALLEYS AND ISOLATEDQ OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. IN SOUTHEAST UTAH...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTOMS WERE NEAR MOAB AND SOUTH OF BLANDING. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 22, 7:20 PM MDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
NMC027-053-057-230200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 720 PM MDT FRI MAY 22 1992 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EDDY...LEA...LINCOLN... SOCORRO AND SOUTHERN TORRANCE COUNTIES. HOWEVER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHCENTRAL VALLEY...THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL MOUNTAINS UNTIL 8 PM MDT. AT 630 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER GHE CENTRAL HALF OsF THE STATE RUNNING FROM THE NORTHWEST TO THE SOUTHEAST. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING HOURS...BUT A FEW WILL LIKELY LINGER PAST MIDNIGHT. EBM
Nearby
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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.