Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1992
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at May 31, 1992, 6:36 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 69 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 31, 1992, 6:36 PM MDT (00:36 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1992, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Colfax County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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
- 353 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2498 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 82 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 010037 FFWABQ NMC007-010145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 636 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...COLFAX COUNTY AT 630 PM MDT...A CLUSTER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY RADAR BETWEEN RATON AND MAXWELL. THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND VIVID LIGHTING JUST SOUTH OF RATON AS OF 625 PM MDT. THE COMMUNITIES OF RATON...MAXWELL...AND ABBOTT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADvS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
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 31, 1:29 PM MDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-312030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 130 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 1992 TORNADO WATCTH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR UNION AND EASTERN HARDING COUNTIES... AT 130 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAD FORMED BETWEEN RATON AND SPRINGER...ALSO IN THE SOUTH...TO THE SOUTHWEST OF SOCORRO. NO MOVEMENT DETERMINED AT THIS TIME.
Special weather statement, May 31, 2:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-312130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 230 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 1992 TORNADO WATCTH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM FOR UNION AND EASTERN HARDING COUNTIES... AT 230 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WERE BETWEEN NAVAJO LAKE AND RATON. WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN GALLUP...SOCORRO AND CORONA. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:29 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-312230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 330 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 1992 TORNADO WATCTH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT FOR UNION AND EASTERN HARDING COUNTIES... AT 330 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ISOLATED HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WERE OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...ALSO IN THE VICINITY OF GRANTS...SOCORRO...CORONA AND WEST OF FT. SUMNER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. SOUTHERN COLORADO...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY RAIN SHOWERS...WERE IN THE VICINITY OF ALAMOSA AND PAGOSA SPRINGS.
Special weather statement, May 31, 4:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-312330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 435 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 1992 TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT FOR UNION AND EASTERN HARDING COUNTIES... AT 430 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHEAST...EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS NORTH OF FORT SUMNER. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE OVER THE NORTH AND WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND THE MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE SOUTH OF SOCORRO AND JUST EAST OF GRANTS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IN SOUTHERN COLORADO...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS....A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED NEAR PAGOSA SPRINGS...TRINIDAD AND WALSENBURG. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IN ARIZONA...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM AND EAST CENTRAL BASINS BETWEEN FLAGSTAFF... WINSLOW AND FORT APACHE. NO MOVEMENT HAD BEEN DETERMINED.
Special weather statement, May 31, 6:36 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-010130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 635 PM MDT SUN MAY 31 1992 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT FOR UNION AND EASTERN HARDING COUNTIES... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM MDT FOR CURRY...QUAY... ROOSEVELT...EASTERN CHAVES...EDDY AND LEA COUNTIES... AT 630 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN...CONTINUED OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS...THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NORTHEAST OF SPRINGER...NORTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER...AND NORTH OF TRUTH OR CONSEQUENCES. ELSEWHERE...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...MIDDLE RIO GRANDE AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IN SOUTHERN COLORADO...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTHWESTo OF TRINIDAD. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IN ARIZONA...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE MOGOLLON RIM AND THE CENTRAL BASINS BETWEEN PRESCOTT AND SHOW LOW. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 70 min |
| May 31, 7:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sierra | 58 min |
| May 31, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sierra | 58 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1992Every flash flood warning in 1992
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.