Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1996
Flash Flood Warning 53, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 29, 1996, 4:40 PM MDT for Bernalillo 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
- Aug 29, 1996, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 1996, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bernalillo County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 749 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1133 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 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 292241 FFWABQ NMC001-300145- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 440 PM MDT THU AUG 29 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...BERNALILLO COUNTY AT 433 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS OF ALBUQUERQUE. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN OF UP TO AN INCH IN THE PAST 30 MINUTES. THIS RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN INTO NEARBY ARROYOS AND DRAINAGE AREAS CAUSING DANGEROUS RISES. ALSO WATER MAY POND ON STREETS CAUSING HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AND NEVER DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. DURING HEAVY RAINS... KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM ARROYOS AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS AND NEVE&R ATTEMPT TO CROSS FAST FLOWING WATER ON FOOT. REMEMBER...DITCHES ARE DEADLY. A GENTLE FLOW OF WATER CAN BECOME A RAGING TORRENT IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. LESS THAN A FOOT OF WATER WILL SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.
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 29, 12:03 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-301200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT THU AUG 29 1996 THE FOLLOWING OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI BARRY DALLAS LACLEDE OREGON STONE BARTON DENT LAWRENCE OZARK TANEY BENTON DOUGLAS MARIES PHELPS TEXAS CAMDEN GREENE MCDONALD POLK VERNON CEDAR HICKORY MILLER PULASKI WEBSTER CHRISTIAN HOWELL MORGAN SHANNON WRIGHT DADE JASPER NEWTON ST CLAIR . ...ISOLATED SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM STILL POSSIBLE... DRIER AIR HAS CONTINUED TO FILTER INTO MISSOURI AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST KANSAS LOWERING DEW POINTS AND HUMIDITY LEVELS. THE WEATHER PATTERN HAS NOT CHANGED OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS AND NO CHANGE IS EXPECTED AS ALL MAJOR FRONTS REMAIN WELL AWAY FROM THE REGION. JUST AS IN PAST DAYS...CUMULUS CLOUDS WILL BUILD THIS AFTERNOON AND THERE REMAINS A VERY SLIGHT CHANCE THAT A SHOWER OR THUNDERSTORM COULD DEVELOP. THE BEST CHANCE FOR THIS HAPPENING WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL MISSOURI. ANY SHOWER OR STORM THAT MIGHT DEVELOP WILL NOT BE SEVERE. THUS SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. RIDDLE
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:23 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
NMZ009-292330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 425 PM MDT THU AUG 29 1996 AT 415 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS. SEVERAL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM OBSERVERS AND RESIDENTS IN THIS AREA FROM SHORTLY AFTER 4 PM TO 415 PM. THESE REPORTS INCLUDE 13/8 INCH HAIL AT JUAN TABO AND INDIAN SCHOOL AT 415PM. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 410 PM AT TRAMWAY AND INDIAN SCHOOL. ALSO BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE ACCOMPANIED THIS STORM. THIS RAIN WILL QUICKLY RUN INTO NEARBY ARROYOS CAUSING QUICK AND DANGEROUS RISES. ALSO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 12:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 12:49 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval | 61 min |
| Aug 29, 4:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 41 min |
| Aug 29, 4:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 3 hr |
| Aug 29, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 67 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.