Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1997
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 7, 1997, 11:25 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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
- 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
County Chaves County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 1330 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1163 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 65 min |
| Jun 7, 9:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 10:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 11:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 2 hr |
| Jun 7, 11:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 55 min |
| Jun 8, 12:24 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 26 min |
| Jun 8, 12:58 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay, Roosevelt | 57 min |
| Jun 8, 3:00 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Harding | 3 hr |
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.