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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 30, 1999De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 1999, 4:26 AM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay 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
Apr 30, 1999, 4:26 AM MDT (10:26 UTC)
Expired
Apr 30, 1999, 7:20 AM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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 1999-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1999-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 200 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
200 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 301028
FFWABQ
NMC011-019-037-301320-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 AM MDT FRI APR 30 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WESTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 720 AM MDT

* LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING OF STREETS IN FORT
SUMNER DURING THE LAST HOUR.  THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY
RAINS WERE ALSO INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR IN WESTERN QUAY COUNTY
ALONG HIGHWAY 156 WEST OF RAGLAND.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.  IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...ACT
QUICKLY.  MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS.

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
Apr 29, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves47 min
Apr 29, 9:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves42 min
Apr 30, 1:24 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe3 hr
Apr 30, 1:24 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves3 hr
Apr 30, 8:54 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves2 hr
Apr 30, 10:31 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Mora, Taos3 hr
Apr 30, 10:31 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel3 hr
Apr 30, 11:50 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Mora, Taos3 hr
Apr 30, 11:50 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel3 hr
Apr 30, 5:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe112 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.