Flash Flood Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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WGUS75 KABQ 201139
FFSABQ
NMC041-201230-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
539 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 730 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL
AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...

AT 528 AM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THAT SECTIONS OF 
STATE ROAD 114 BETWEEN ELIDA AND DORA WERE COVERED WITH WATER. 

AT 538 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED 
TO INDICATE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL FROM PORTALES AND SURROUNDING
AREAS SOUTHWARD TOWARD DORA. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES WILL APPROACH
2 INCHES PER HOUR WHICH WILL RESULT IN ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THE HEAVY RAIN WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS. 

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

$$

KJ

000 
WGUS75 KABQ 201215
FFSABQ
NMC009-041-201330-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
614 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS CONTINUE UNTIL 730 AM MDT FOR CENTRAL AND
   NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND FOR SOUTHEAST CURRY COUNTY...

LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS CONTINUE TO REPORT THAT SEVERAL ROADS THROUGHOUT
NORTHERN ROOSEVELT AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CURRY COUNTIES ARE EITHER 
COMPLETELY FLOODED OR HAVE SUBSTANTIAL STANDING WATER.  THIS INCLUDES STATE 
ROAD 114 BETWEEN ELIDA AND DORA...STATE ROAD 206 BETWEEN PORTALES AND 
DORA...AND SECTIONS OF HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN CLOVIS AND PORTALES.

AT 610 AM MDT...NWS RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OVER 
NORTHEAST ROOSEVELT AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST CURRY COUNTIES. HEAVY RAINS 
HAVE ENDED ALONG AND WEST OF HIGHWAY 70...AND SHOULD END ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE REGION BEFORE 645 AM. 

FIVE INCHES OF RAIN WAS MEASURED BY A CO OP OBSERVER IN PORTALES...MOST OF
WHICH FELL BETWEEN 300 AM AND 600 AM.  

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

$$

KJ

000 
WGUS75 KABQ 201332
FFSABQ
NMC009-041-201340-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
730 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS WHICH WERE IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 AM MDT FOR
   CENTRAL AND NORTHERN ROOSEVELT AND SOUTHEAST CURRY COUNTIES HAVE 
   BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL 
WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS
QUICKLY DIMINISHING. THUS...ALL FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS HAVE BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND 
HIGHWAYS AND HIGH WATER IN ARROYOS AND STREAMS CAN BE EXPECTED 
THROUGH MID MORNING. 

$$

KJ

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
312 AM MDT TUE AUG 20 2002

A MID-LEVEL LOW AIDED IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF BENEFICIAL RAINFALL AND
SCT TSRA ACROSS MUCH OF OUR ERN PLAINS (ESPECIALLY EC) OVERNIGHT AS
IT DRIFTED SLOWLY TOWARD THE N-NE. CURRENT RADAR/SAT LOOPS INDICATE
THAT THE LOW OR AN MCV IS CENTERED JUST SW OF PORTALES WHERE THE
HEAVIEST RAINS HAVE FALLEN SINCE MIDNIGHT.

EXPECT THE SHRA/TSRA ACROSS THE PLAINS TO GRADUALLY DIMINISH IN
COVERAGE AND MOSTLY END BY LATE MORNING AS THE MAIN SUPPORTING LOW
CONTS TO LIFT SLOWLY TOWARD THE NE. 06Z M-ETA HAS CIRCULATION CENTER
EAST OF CLOVIS BY 15Z. THIS MAY NOT BE TOO FAR OFF. SO ALTHOUGH AIR
MASS SHOULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE STABLE ACROSS THE EC PLAINS/CHAVES
COUNTY THAN ON MONDAY, DAYTIME HEATING, LINGERING OUTFLOW BOUNDARIES
AND RESIDUAL MOISTURE ENOUGH TO KEEP SOME MENTION FOR THE AFTERNOON.

ACROSS THE CENTRAL AND WEST, 850-500 MB THETA-E VALUES HANGING IN
THE 335-340K RANGE. DAYTIME HEATING COUPLED WITH WEAK DISTURBANCES
IN THE SWLY FLOW SHOULD TRANSLATE INTO ONE MORE DAY OF SCATTERED
COVERAGE. SOME SHRA/TSRA POSSIBLY LINGERING INTO THE LATE NIGHT
HOURS, BUT NOT AS SIGNIFICANT AS THIS PAST NIGHT.

SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO STRENGTHEN ACROSS MAINLY THE NORTHWEST HALF
OF THE FORECAST AREA ON WEDNESDAY WITH THE DREADED DRYING (AND
WARMING) TREND GETTING UNDERWAY. MORE SIGNIFICANT DRYING EXPECTED
THURSDAY AND BEYOND AS UPPER RIDGE EXPANDS WESTWARD AND AXIS BECOMES
ORIENTED E-W ACROSS THE SW CONUS. WILL CUT POPS BACK TO SLIGHT
CHANCE FOR THU-MON. EXCEPTION MAY BE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST WHERE A
FRONTAL BOUNDARY IS FORECAST TO PUSH INTO THAT PART OF THE STATE AS
EARLY AS FRIDAY NIGHT. THIS FRONT MAY INCREASE TSRA CHANCES OVER THE
WEEKEND ACROSS THE EAST. STILL LOOKS DRY IN THE WEST. KJ

ABQ BB 088/065 090/065 091 41231
SAF BB 086/057 088/057 089 41332
TCC BB 092/066 094/067 096 41321=

.ABQ...NONE.