Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 7, 1997, 11:25 PM MDT (05:25 UTC)

Expired

Jun 8, 1997, 1:30 AM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Whole counties

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KABQ 080529
FFWABQ
NMC011-019-005-080730-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1125 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE TILL 1230 AM MDT
AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...DE BACA COUNTY...EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN CHAVES COUNTY
 
AT 1110 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTNEDED FROM 10
MILES NORTH OF NEWKIRK THROUGH FORT SUMNER AND DUNLAP TO THE
INTERSECTION OF STATE ROUTE 20 AND U.S. HIGHWAY 285 IN NORTHERN
CHAVES COUNTY.  THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS ABOUT 10 MILES
WIDE...WITH THUNDERSTORMS IN THE LINE MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25
TO 30 MPH.
 
BETWEEN 2 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN FELL ALONG STATE ROUTE 20 BETWEEN
FORT SUMNER AND THE DE BACA/CHAVES COUNTY LINE IN THE THREE HOURS
ENDING AT 1100 PM MDT.  THESE RAINS WILL CAUSE LOW WATER CROSSING
AND HIGHWAY DIPS ALONG STATE ROUTE 20 TO FLOOD.
 
IN ADDITION...STRONG WEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS EASTERN
GUADALUPE COUNTY...EASTERN DE BACA COUNTY...AND NORTHERN CHAVES
COUNTY TILL 1230 AM MDT.
 
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.

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

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.