Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2000
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 2, 2000, 2:38 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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
- Jun 2, 2000, 2:38 PM MDT (20:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 2, 2000, 4:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1942 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
WGUS55 KABQ 022041
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-022245-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
238 PM MDT FRI JUN 2 2000
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 445 PM MDT
* AT 230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 7
MILES NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH. HEAVY RAIN IS
MOVING INTO THE SANTA CLARA CANYON ALONG THE NORTHERN CERRO GRANDE
BURN AREA. MUDSLIDES AND RAPID RUNOFF OF WATER IS POSSIBLE AS THIS
RAIN PERSIST. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE-HALF TO ONE INCH PER HOUR IS
INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR. SMALL HAIL...OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING AND
GUSTY WINDS CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. KNOW WHERE HIGHER GROUND IS LOCATED.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
LAT...LON 3596 10642 3595 10626 3598 10617 3606 10614
3604 10638The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 1, 6:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe, Torrance | 53 min |
| Jun 2, 2:12 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos | 2 hr |
| Jun 2, 4:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Valencia | 62 min |
| Jun 2, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe, Torrance | 47 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.