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Flash Flood Warning 24, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 13, 1997Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 1997, 1:14 AM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel 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 13, 1997, 1:14 AM MDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 1997, 2:15 AM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

Counties Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 216 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 345 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -108 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1080 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 130714
FFWABQ
NMC037-047-021-130915-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
114 AM MDT WED AUG 13 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 215 AM AND FLASH
FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  315 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...QUAY COUNTY...EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHERN HARDING COUNTY
 
AT 105 AM MDT A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED
ACROSS EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY TO ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
TUCUMCARI. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT ABOUT 15 MPH.
 
RADAR INDICATES ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
MOTORIST SHOULD EXERCISE EXTREME CAUTION WHEN APPROACHING AREAS WHERE
WATER COVERS THE ROAD.  ALSO NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS WILL FILL RAPIDLY.
REMEMBER THAT RAIN RUNOFF CAN POSE PROBLEMS EVEN AFTER RAIN HAS ENDED...
AND CAN FLOW MANY MILES DOWNSTREAM FOR ITS POINT OF ORIGIN.
 
PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED 8 MILES WEST OF TUCUMCARI.
 
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 DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 13, 1:14 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	61 min
Aug 13, 3:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	56 min

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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.