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Flash Flood Warning 52, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 29, 1996McKinley County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 1996, 12:49 AM MDT for McKinley County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 1996, 12:49 AM MDT (06:49 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 1996, 1:50 AM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties McKinley County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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 1996-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 152 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 1996-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -25 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-54 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2496 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 29, 12:49 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMcKinley, Sandoval61 min
Aug 29, 4:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo41 min
Aug 29, 4:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo3 hr
Aug 29, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo3 hr
Aug 29, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval67 min

Nearby

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

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.