Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997

Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 30, 1997Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 1997, 4:25 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 30, 1997, 4:25 PM MDT (22:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1997, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Bernalillo County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1997-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 1997-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 72 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 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 302224
FFWABQ
NMC001-310030-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
425 PM MDT WED JUL 30 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 500 PM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...BERNALILLO COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE
FOOTHILLS NEAR THE FOUR HILL COMMUNITY JUST SOUTH OF TRAMWAY AND I-40.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE
EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL OF UP TO 1 INCH IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRrIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo35 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1997Every flash flood warning in 1997

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.