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Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 31, 1998Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Oct 31, 1998, 3:23 AM MST for Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt 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
Oct 31, 1998, 3:23 AM MST (10:23 UTC)
Expired
Oct 31, 1998, 6:20 AM MST
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-10-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 45 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-10-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 231 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-123 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
744 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
231 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
354 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 311023
FFWABQ
NMC009-011-019-037-041-311320-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
323 AM MST SAT OCT 31 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EASTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WESTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 620 AM MST

* AT 320 AM MST... RADAR AND OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA
  INDICATED PERSISTENT HEAVY RAIN OVER THE CENTRAL EASTERN PLAINS.

* STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND MOVE OVER THE SAME
  AREA PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAIN. THESE AREAS HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED
  OVER AN INCH OF RAIN OVERNIGHT.

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 5:12 PM MSTTornado WarningABQCurry33 min
Oct 30, 5:17 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves48 min
Oct 31, 3:23 AM MSTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe3 hr

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.