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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 3, 2002De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2002, 7:21 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 84 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 2002, 7:21 PM MDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2002, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
84 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County De Baca County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2002-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 9 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 2002-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 0 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
9 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-7 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 040121
FFWABQ
NMC011-040245-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND WESTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 718 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A 
  CLUSTER OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 
  CENTERED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF YESO...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT 
  SUMNER. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR SUMNER LAKE AND
  FORT SUMNER. THE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY OR DRIFTING TOWARD THE 
  SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. 

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG 
WINDS AND HAIL CAN ALSO BE EXPECTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca47 min
Jul 3, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca66 min
Jul 3, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves61 min
Jul 3, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe105 min
Jul 3, 7:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves93 min
Jul 3, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves46 min
Jul 3, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe66 min
Jul 4, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel54 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.