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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 17, 1996Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 17, 1996, 1:49 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 17, 1996, 1:49 PM MDT (19:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 17, 1996, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1444 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 171951
FFWABQ
NMC027-005-172345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
149 PM MDT WED JUL 17 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY
 
AT 149 PM MDT...STRONG...SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 30-40
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSWELL DRIFTING VERY SLOWLY EAST NORTHEAST AND ALSO
BUILDING BACK TOWARDS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. RADAR ESTIMATES OF 11/2
TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR HAVE BEEN NOTED WITH THE HEAVIEST OF THESE STORMS.
OTHERS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS AND NEAR THESE AREAS THIS AFTERNOON.
 
 
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 FLOWIN:G STREAM...EVEN A
SMALL ONE...ON FOOT.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.