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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 12, 2000De Baca County, Guadalupe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2000, 5:05 PM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe 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 outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 12, 2000, 5:05 PM MDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2000, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 2000-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 176 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 2000-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 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
176 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1774 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
38 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 
WGUS55 KABQ 122310
FFWABQ
NMC011-019-130200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
505 PM MDT WED JUL 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO    
  SOUTHERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 500 PM MDT...SPOTTERS REPORTED THAT TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS 
  FALLEN DURING THE PAST HOUR 12 MILES NORTH OF YESO. LOW LYING 
  AREAS...DITCHES...ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS IN SOUTHERN GUADALUPE 
  AND NORTHERN DE BACA COUNTIES WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING BETWEEN NOW 
  AND 800 PM.

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3435 10476 3433 10431 3474 10418 3493 10479

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.