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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 26, 1996De Baca County, Guadalupe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1996, 6:47 PM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 26, 1996, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1996, 9:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 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 270048
FFWABQ
NMC011-019-270345-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
647 PM MDT FRI JUL 26 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN DE BACA COUNTY...GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
AT 645 PM RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW HEAVY RAIN ACROSS SOUTHERN GUADALUPE
COUNTY. LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED WITH THIS PRECIPITATION. RADAR
ESTIMATES INDICATE 2 TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE SOUTHEASTERN
GUADALUPE COUNTY AREA DURING THE PAST 2 HOURS. STREAMS...DRY WASHES AND
ARROYOS WILL FILL QUICKLY IN THE WARNED AREA.
 
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE THROUGH THESE WATERS. WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES
AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPtSTREAM RAIN AREAS.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 26, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe58 min
Jul 26, 7:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca64 min
Jul 26, 7:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe65 min
Jul 26, 9:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay59 min
Jul 27, 12:27 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQHarding, Quay3 hr
Jul 27, 12:27 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay3 hr

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.