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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 23, 1997Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 1997, 12:31 AM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 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 23, 1997, 12:31 AM MDT (06:31 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 1997, 1:30 AM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1997-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 908 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 1997-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 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
908 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-12 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2719 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 230631
FFWABQ
NMC027-005-230930-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1231 AM MDT SAT AUG 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 130 AM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...WESTERN CHAVES COUNTY
 
AT 1225 AM MDT...RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL IN CHAVES COUNTY AND BETWEEN ARABELA AND
ENCINOSO IN LINCOLN COUNTY.  THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE
WEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
 
RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 1 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN DURING THE PAST
HOUR.
 
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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance57 min
Aug 22, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance46 min
Aug 22, 8:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance59 min
Aug 22, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance59 min
Aug 22, 9:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia2 hr
Aug 22, 9:52 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro2 hr
Aug 22, 10:23 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves67 min
Aug 22, 10:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves67 min
Aug 22, 11:27 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves, Lincoln63 min
Aug 22, 11:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln63 min
Aug 23, 12:31 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln59 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.