Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1998

Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 4, 1998Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 1998, 2:39 PM MDT for Socorro 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
Jul 4, 1998, 2:39 PM MDT (20:39 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1998, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Socorro County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 12:00Z on 1998-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1998-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 65 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-111 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 042040
FFWABQ
NMC053-042239-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
239 PM MDT SAT JUL 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 238 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  MOUNTAINAIRE...LITTLE MOVEMENT WAS NOTED.

* AREAS NEAR AND SOUTH OF U.S. HIGHWAY 60...15 TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
  OF MOUNTAINAIRE WILL BE MOST AFFECTED.

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS
FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSNINGS.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
DRIVE THROUGH THESE WATERS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 4, 4:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro2 hr
Jul 4, 5:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval115 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1998Every flash flood warning in 1998

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.