Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 1999
Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Apr 30, 1999, 11:50 AM MDT for Guadalupe County, San Miguel 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, 11:50 AM MDT (17:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 1999, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 164 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2531 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -49 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 301752 FFWABQ NMC007-019-033-047-055-302045- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1150 AM MDT FRI APR 30 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO EASTERN TAOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 245 PM MDT * AT 1130 AM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING EXCESSIVE RAIN SOUTH OF SANTA ROSA NORTH TO CONCHAS AND LAS VEGAS...MOVING STEADILY NORTH AT 20 TO 30 MPH. * THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SHIFTED OVER THE SANTA ROSA VICINITY AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF SAN MIGUEL AND MORA COUNTIES. RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO AGGRAVATE ON GOING FLOODING ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF THE WARNING AREA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ACROSS THE REGION AT LEAST THROUGH MID AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHE WITH ISOLATED HIGHER AMOUNTS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT 1 TO 3 HOURS. MOST DEATHS IN FLASH FLOODING OCCUR IN AUTOMOBIbLES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS BRIDGES...DIPS...ARROYOS OR LOW SPOTS IF WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. GB
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 10:25 AM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-010210- NEW MEXICO/NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1025 AM MDT FRI APR 30 1999 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AND LARGE HAIL OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ROTATE OVER THE SOUTHWEST US ALLOWING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO. STORMS CONTINUE MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING. A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL ALSO EXISTS OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WHERE THE JET STREAM AND UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT... FOR AREAS EAST AND INCLUDING TAOS COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY. COUNTIES WHERE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... ...EASTERN NEW MEXICO... UNION HARDING QUAY CURRY ROOSEVELT COLFAX MORA SAN MIGUEL GUADALUPE DEBACA CHAVES ...CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... TORRANCE LINCOLN ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO... TAOS THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO. FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSELP FCSTR JH
Special weather statement, Apr 30, 10:25 AM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-010210- NEW MEXICO/NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1025 AM MDT FRI APR 30 1999 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER MOST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE ENTIRE AREA AND LARGE HAIL OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM CONTINUES TO ROTATE OVER THE SOUTHWEST US ALLOWING MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO. STORMS CONTINUE MOVE OVER THE SAME AREA PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS AND FLOODING. A RISK FOR LARGE HAIL ALSO EXISTS OVER THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST WHERE THE JET STREAM AND UPPER LEVEL ENERGY WILL ENHANCE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...WILL LIKELY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT... FOR AREAS EAST AND INCLUDING TAOS COUNTY SOUTH THROUGH LINCOLN COUNTY. COUNTIES WHERE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... ...EASTERN NEW MEXICO... UNION HARDING QUAY CURRY ROOSEVELT COLFAX MORA SAN MIGUEL GUADALUPE DEBACA CHAVES ...CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... TORRANCE LINCOLN ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO... TAOS THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO. FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSELP FCSTR JH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 8:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 47 min |
| Apr 29, 9:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 42 min |
| Apr 30, 1:24 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 1:24 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 4:26 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 8:54 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 2 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:31 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Taos | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 10:31 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 11:50 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Taos | 3 hr |
| Apr 30, 5:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 112 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.