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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 1997Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 1997, 12:47 AM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca 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 31, 1997, 12:47 AM MDT (06:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1997, 3:25 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 1997-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 133 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 1997-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -42 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
133 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1391 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 310648
FFWABQ
NMC005-011-310925-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1247 AM MDT THU JUL 31 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 325 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...WESTERN DE BACA COUNTY
 
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOBODING IS IMMINENT. IT IS
IMPORTANT TO KNOW WHERE YOU ARE RELATIVE TO STREAMS...RIVERS...OR
CREEKS WHICH CAN BECOME KILLERS IN HEAVY RAINS. CAMPERS SHOULD AVOID
CAMPING ALONG STREAMS OR CREEKS DURING THREATENING RAINS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 6:39 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia2 hr
Jul 30, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe39 min
Jul 31, 12:08 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe, Lincoln3 hr
Jul 31, 3:58 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln3 hr

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.