Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 8, 1999, 3:46 PM MDT (21:46 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 1999, 6:15 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Whole counties

Counties Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KABQ 082146
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NMC049-057-090015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQURESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
346 PM MDT SUN AUG 8 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 343 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF
  STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SOUTHWEST SANTA FE
  COUNTY INTO THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF TORRANCE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS
  WERE ONLY SLOWLY MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST...UNDER 10 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS FLOOD WARNING INCLUDE... GOLDEN...
  MORIARTY...TAJIQUE AND MANZANO.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL LIKELY PRODUCE ANOTHER INCH
OR TWO OF RAIN IN PARTS OF SOUTHWEST SANTE FE COUNTY AND NORTHWEST
TORRANCE COUNTY.

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

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 8, 3:00 PM MDT, 46 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 PM MDT SUN AUG 8 1999

DECENT EAST WIND AT CQC HAS PERSISTED...INDICATIVE OF LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE ALONG CENTRAL MOUNTAINS FROM NORTHERN SACRAMENTOS TO
SANGRE DE CRISTOS AND THIS REFLECTED BY INCREASED CONVECTION TODAY
CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND NE WITH MORE ISOLATED CONVECTION OTHER
MOUNTAIN AREAS. THINK EAST CANYON WINDS INTO RIO GRANDE VALLEY
TONIGHT GOOD BET WITH BULK OF CONVECTION EAST. CANT RULE OUT
EVENING CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT ALONG HIGHER TERRAIN WEST OF RIO
GRANDE...DRIFTING NORTHEASTWARD. SHOULD BE MOISTURE IMPORT AT LOW
LEVELS WITH CONVERGENCE ALONG CONTINENTAL DIVIDE MONDAY. THIS WILL
COMBINE WITH INCREASED TROPICAL CONNECTION ADVERTISED BY ETA/NGM TO
SHIFT MAX POPS TO CENTRAL AND WEST MON...CONTINUING TUE. TEMPS DOWN
A LITTLE THESE AREAS AS WELL DUE TO INCREASED CLOUDS/SHOWERS. SOME
DRIFT TOWARDS NERN PLAINS FOR SCATTERED TYPE POPS THERE WHILE SERN
CRNR STILL MOST AFFECTED BY SUPPRESSIVE POWER OF UPPER RIDGE FOR
LOWEST POPS...SLIGHT CHANCE FOR MOUNTAIN STORMS HOLDING TOGETHER
LONG ENOUGH TO AFFECT PLAINS LOCALES. WILL KEEP THE FAITH IN
EXTENDED...STRONG SHORTWAVE DRAGGING COASTAL UPPER LOW NORTHEAST BY
MIDWEEK...BRINGING WESTERLIES AND DRYING TO NORTHERN AND WESTERN NM
WITH TEMPS WARMING AGAIN. MJF

ABQ BB 066/088 065/086 065 32334
SAF BB 057/084 057/082 056 32444
TCC BB 066/090 066/093 066 32312

.ABQ...NONE

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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.