Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 18, 1997, 3:21 AM MDT for Quay 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
- Aug 18, 1997, 3:21 AM MDT (09:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1997, 6:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Quay County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 682 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -135 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1151 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 180920 FFWABQ NMC037-181230- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 321 AM MDT MON AUG 18 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 AM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...QUAY COUNTY AT 315 AM MDT A BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER QUAY COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED OVER 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN OVER PORTIONS OF QUAY COUNTY SINCE 130 AM. AT 315 AM...THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE CONCENTRATED IN A BAND ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE COUNTY BUT A LARGE AREA OF MODERATE RAIN SHOWERS WAS CONTINUING TO MOVE IN FROM THE SOUTHWEST. FLOODING OF ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY STREAMBEDS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH SUNRISE EVEN AS THE RAINS BEGIN TO TAPER OFF. THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE ON SCHEDULE AT 340 AM MDT. REMEMBER...MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. NEVER TRY TO CROSS A FLOWING STREAM...EVEN A SMALL ONE...ON FOOT. TO ESCAPE RISING WATER MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. DO NOT DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 18, 12:35 AM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
1235 AM MDT MON AUG 18 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM ROSWELL NM TORNADO
08/17/97 CHAVES *** 1 INJ ***
2 MOBILE HOMES
DESTROYED...HOME
DEMOLISHED...ROOF BLOWN
OFF...1 MINOR INJ.Local storm report, Aug 18, 12:36 AM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
1235 AM MDT MON AUG 18 1997
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1115 PM ROSWELL NM TORNADO
08/17/97 CHAVES *** 1 INJ ***
2 MOBILE HOMES
DESTROYED...HOME
DEMOLISHED...ROOF BLOWN
OFF...1 MINOR INJ.The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 17, 10:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 70 min |
| Aug 17, 11:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 55 min |
| Aug 18, 12:00 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:23 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 12:23 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 1:38 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 2:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 4:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 2 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.