Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1993
Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 1993, 8:01 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 1993, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 1993, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 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, 2.0 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
- 188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2261 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 050159 FFWABQ NMC007-050300- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 801 PM MDT WED AUG 4 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE...... IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...SOUTHEASTERN QUARTER OF COLFAX COUNTY AT 755 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAT NEAR MAXWELL. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS 5 TO 10 MILES IN DIAMETER AND IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. HEAVY RAIN AND PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM AT MAXWELL AT 735 PM MDT. 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 ROADS 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, Aug 4, 7:30 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-050230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 730 PM MDT WED AUG 4 1993 AT 730 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGER IN COLFAX COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE IN NEW MEXICO...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WHILE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ISOLATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST ...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IN ARIZONA...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLATEAU...WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS BETWEEN FORT APACHE AND SPRINGERVILLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND THE SANTA CRUZ VALLEY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. IN UTAH...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN MOAB AND MONTICELLO. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. IN COLORADO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE WEST CENTRAL VALLEYS... SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEST OF GUADALUPE PEAK AND BETWEEN SIERRA BLANCA AND VAN HORN. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.
Special weather statement, Aug 4, 7:34 PM MDT, 27 minutes before
NMZALL-AZZALL-UTZ008-011-COZ003>010-015>017-TXZ050-052-050230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 730 PM MDT WED AUG 4 1993 AT 730 PM MDT...IN NEW MEXICO...A THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND FLASH FLOODING WAS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGER IN COLFAX COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE IN NEW MEXICO...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS WHILE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ISOLATED OVER THE SOUTHWEST ...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS AND THE SOUTH CENTRAL VALLEYS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IN ARIZONA...THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLATEAU...WHITE MOUNTAINS AND THE SOUTHEAST. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS BETWEEN FORT APACHE AND SPRINGERVILLE. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER THE SOUTHWEST DESERTS...NORTHWEST PLATEAU AND THE SANTA CRUZ VALLEY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. IN UTAH...AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN MOAB AND MONTICELLO. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED. IN COLORADO...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE WEST CENTRAL VALLEYS... SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS. A THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN WAS OVER THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND SOUTHERN FOOTHILLS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 10 MILES AN HOUR. IN FAR WEST TEXAS...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST WEXST OF GUADALUPE PEAK AND BETWEEN SIERRA BLANCA AND VAN HORN. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 60 min |
| Aug 4, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 59 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1993Every flash flood warning in 1993
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.