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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 26, 1999Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 1999, 1:43 PM MDT for Socorro 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
Jul 26, 1999, 1:43 PM MDT (19:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1999, 4:40 PM MDT
In force
3 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, 7.7 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 1999-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 52 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 1999-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -88 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
52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-88 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-33 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 261944
FFWABQ
NMC053-262240-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
143 PM MDT MON JUL 26 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 440 PM MDT

* AT 135 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  PERSISTENT STATIONARY THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN 15 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF MAGDALENA.

* FLOODING PROBLEMS MAY PERSIST HOURS AFTER THIS STORM HAS ENDED.
  THEREFORE PEOPLE IN AND NEAR THE GALLINAS MOUNTAINS NEED TO BE
  CAUTIOUS AND ALERT FOR FLOODING OR RAPIDLY RISING WATERS TODAY.

WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR
LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO FLOODED ROAD
CROSSINGS HOURS LATER.

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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.