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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 5, 1997Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 1997, 8:14 PM MDT for Union 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 5, 1997, 8:14 PM MDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 1997, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 337 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1190 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 060213
FFWABQ
NMC059-060515-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
814 PM MDT TUE AUG 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 915 PM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...UNION COUNTY
 
AT 802 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
BETWEEN GRENVILLE AND PASAMONTE JUST WEST OF SNYDER LAKE ALONG
ROAD 453.
 
RADAR ESTIMATES OF OVER TWO INCHES OF RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR
OVER THIS AREA WILL CAUSE RAPID RISES IN CARRIZO AND PERICO
CREEKS AND NEARBY ARROYOS.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 8:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion61 min
Aug 6, 5:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln60 min
Aug 6, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln60 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.