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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 9, 1997De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 1997, 12:30 AM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 5 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 9, 1997, 12:30 AM MDT (06:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 1997, 5:00 AM MDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County De Baca County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 215 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1997-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 27 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1997-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 100 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1832 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 090629
FFWABQ
NMC011-091100-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1230 AM MDT MON JUN 9 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...DE BACA COUNTY
 
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE SCATTERED ALONG AND
SOUTH OF U.S. 60 FROM TAIBAN TO WEST OF YESO MOVING EAST NORTHEAST
AT 20 MPH. DOPPLER RADAR HAS ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN WITHIN
THE PAST HOUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST DE BACA COUNTY. SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE ACROSS DE
BACA COUNTY OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

RAPID RUNOFF AND FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN DE BACA COUNTY ESPECIALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF U.S. 60.
OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS STATE ROAD 20 SOUTH OF FT SUMNER
WHERE LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE FLOODED. ARROYOS WHICH FEED INTO
THE PECOS RIVER MAY CARRY DANGEROUS FLOWS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODING. IF FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE UP TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. DO NOT STAY IN AREAS S,UBJECT TO
FLOODING WHEN WATER BEGINS RISING.
 

KJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 7:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe62 min
Jun 8, 8:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves57 min
Jun 8, 9:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca58 min
Jun 8, 9:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay49 min
Jun 8, 10:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry64 min
Jun 9, 3:51 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves54 min
Jun 9, 4:44 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves46 min

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.