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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 16, 1999Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 1999, 6:53 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 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
Jun 16, 1999, 6:53 PM MDT (00:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1999, 7:55 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Bernalillo County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 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 1999-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 88 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 1999-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-43 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2739 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 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 170054
FFWABQ
NMC001-170155-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
653 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 755 PM MDT

* AT 645 PM MDT... RADAR AND OTHER NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DATA
  INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL OVER
  NORTHEAST ALBUQUERQUE...MOVING SLOWLY SOUTH.

* SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ONE TO TWO INCHES OF
 RAINFALL IN THE AREA BY 755 PM. AN INCH OR MORE OF RAINFALL HAS
 ALREADY BEEN REPORTED IN ALBUQUERQUE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS.

MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.  DO NOT ATTEMPT
TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...ARROYOS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro61 min
Jun 16, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo61 min
Jun 17, 3:51 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe59 min
Jun 17, 4:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMcKinley, Sandoval59 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 1999Every flash flood warning in 1999

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.