Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 27, 1996, 12:52 AM MDT (06:52 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 1996, 3:40 AM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Whole counties

Counties Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:55 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.

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TTAA00 KABQ 270654
FFWABQ
NMC033-047-049-057-270940-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1252 AM MDT THU JUN 27 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 340 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...WESTERN MORA COUNTY
   ...WESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY

IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...SOUTHEASTERN SANTA FE COUNTY

IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...WESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY
 
AT 1240 AM...DOPPLER WEATHER RADAR SHOWED PERSISTENT THUNDERSTORMS
WHICH EXTENDED FROM MOUNTAINAIR NORTH THROUGH MORIARTY...STANLEY...
NORTHEASTWARD INTO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO FOOTHILLS OF SAN MIGUEL AND
MORA COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS.  RAINFALL RATES BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES AN HOUR HAVE BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS SINCE 1100 PM FROM THE MORIARTY
ESTANCIA AREA NORTHEASTWARD TO STANLEY.

HEAVY RAINS SHOULD PERSIST OVER WESTERN TORRANCE AND SOUTHEAST SANTA
FE COUNTIES AND SHOULD SPREAD INTO THE SANGRE DE CRISTO FOOTHILLS
WEST OF LAS VEGAS...VALMORA...AND OCATE BETWEEN 1230 AM AND 300 AM.

FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY NEAR NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS...HIGHWAY
DIPS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...SMALL STREAMS...AND NARROW MOUNTAIN
CANYONS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS SUBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.

In the hours before

NMZ009-270430-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
830 PM MDT WED JUN 26 1996

MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING UP FROM THE SOUTH WILL BE BRINGING
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TO THE ALBUQUERQUE METROPOLITAN AREA THRU 1030
PM. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATES A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING ALONG
AND NEAR THE WEST SLOPES THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS WILL BE
BRINGING MODERATE TO BRIEFLY HEAVY RAINFALL TO THE METRO
AREA...MAINLY EAST OF THE RIO GRANDE. AT 830 PM RADAR INDICATES
THAT THIS BATCH OF SHOWERS IS NOT AS HEAVY AS THOSE THAT MOVED THRU
BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM...BUT UP TO ANOTHER HALF AN INCH OF RAIN COULD
FALL. WITH PLENTY OF WATER ALREADY IN THE STREETS AND ARROYOS...THIS
AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS FOR MOTORISTS WHO ARE
URGED TO USE CAUTION IN DRIVING THRU AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. REMEMBER THAT RUNNING WATER IS ATTRACTIVE TO CHILDREN...BUT
IT IS ALSO DANGEROUS...SO KEEP YOUR CHILDER AWAY \FROM THE ARROYOS.
GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE STORMS.

MJF

NMZ010-011-270715-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1120 PM MDT WED JUN 26 1996

AT 1115 PM THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WERE MOVING UP
FROM THE SOUTH ALONG AND JUST EAST OF THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS OF
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. THIS AREA RECEIVED HEAVY RAINFALL DURING THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS AND ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS OF AN INCH OR
MORE ARE POSSIBLE THRU 100 AM OVER EASTERN BERNALILLO...WESTERN
TORRANCE AND SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTIES. THIS AREA EXTENDS FROM NEAR
AND WEST OF MOUNTAINAIR IN TORRANCE COUNTY TO NEAR AND WEST OF MADRID
IN SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY. WITH PLENTY OF WATER ALREADY ON ROADS
AND IN ARROYOS...THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN COULD" CAUSE ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS
FOR MOTORISTS WHO ARE URGED TO USE CAUTION IN DRIVING THRU AREAS
WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

MJF

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1996Every flash flood warning in 1996

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.