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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 23, 1998Socorro County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 1998, 5:52 PM MDT for Socorro County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 min. 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 23, 1998, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1998, 6:50 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Socorro County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 80 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 1998-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 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 1998-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1397 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
65 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 232353
FFWABQ
NMC053-061-240050-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
552 PM MDT THU JUL 23 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN AND CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHERN VALENCIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 650 PM MDT

* AT 550 PM MDT... STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY
  HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES SOUTH OF BELEN... MOVING SLOWLY TO THE
  NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

* HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES OVER EAST AND CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY AND
  WILL MOVE INTO SOUTH VALENCIA COUNTY BY 615 PM MDT.

THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED RAINFALL RATES OF 1 INCH IN 20 MINUTEfS.
MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...ARROYOS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 4:54 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro61 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.