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Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 25, 1998Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 25, 1998, 6:59 PM MDT for Bernalillo 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 25, 1998, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 25, 1998, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Bernalillo County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 6 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 1998-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 286 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 00:00Z on 1998-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 107 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
286 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 260100
FFWABQ
NMC001-260330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
659 PM MDT TUE AUG 25 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 655 PM MDT... STORM SPOTTERS AND OBSERVERS REPORTED
  THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL ACROSS THE ALBUQUERQUE
  METRO AREA...INCLUDING THE DOWNTOWN AREA...MOVING SLOWLY
  NORTHEAST.

* THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE OVER THE METRO
  AREA FOR THE NEXT HOUR. STREET FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ESPECIALLY IN
  DOWNTOWN ALBUQUERQUE. MAIN AREAS OF FLOODING WILL BE ALONG THE\
  FOOTHILLS.

KEEP CHILDREN AWAY FROM ARROYOS AND DRAINAGE CHANNELS. NEVER ATTEMPT
TO CROSS FAST FLOWING WATER ON FOOT.  REMEMBER...DITCHES ARE DEADLY.
LESS THAN A FOOT OF WATER WILL SWEEP YOU OFF YOUR FEET.

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.