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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 15, 1997Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at May 15, 1997, 3:10 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
May 15, 1997, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired
May 15, 1997, 4:10 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Torrance County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1997-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1997-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1934 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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
May 14, 9:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Quay60 min
May 14, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca65 min
May 15, 12:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry45 min
May 15, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe, Torrance63 min
May 15, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance60 min

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.