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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 28, 2000Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 28, 2000, 6:29 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 91 min. 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
Aug 28, 2000, 6:29 PM MDT (00:29 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 2000, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
91 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 98 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 00:00Z on 2000-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 9 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
98 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3044 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 290030
FFWABQ
NMC028-043-290200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
629 PM MDT MON AUG 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 625 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
HEAVY RAIN OVER NORTH CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTY AND EXTREME 
NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 5 MILES NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS.
DRAINAGES MAINLY BEING AFFECTED INCLUDE SANTA CLARA CANYON...GARCIA 
CANYON AND POSSIBLY GUAJE CANYO,N.

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

LAT...LON 3597 10643 3589 10632 3591 10626 3600 10632

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2000Every flash flood warning in 2000

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.