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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 3, 2002Guadalupe County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2002, 5:33 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 57 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2002, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2002, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 2002-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 10 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 2002-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 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
10 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-334 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3153 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-18 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 032333
FFWABQ
NMC019-057-040030-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
533 PM MDT WED JUL 3 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 530 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF VAUGHN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15
  MPH.

* THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF VAUGHN AT 550 PM MDT

IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED.

ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

LAT...LON 3497 10522 3472 10548 3459 10545 3436 10491
          3460 10490

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay26 min
Jul 3, 4:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe50 min
Jul 3, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance66 min
Jul 3, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2002Every flash flood warning in 2002

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.