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Flash Flood Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 4, 2002Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 4, 2002, 8:54 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 96 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 4, 2002, 8:54 PM MDT (02:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 2002, 10:30 PM MDT
In force
96 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Curry County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 233 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2002-07-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
233 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WGUS55 KABQ 050254
FFWABQ
NMC009-050430-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
853 PM MDT THU JUL 4 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1030 PM MDT

* AT 842 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING IN     
  CLOVIS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE OVER SOUTHEASTERN   
  CURRY COUNTY FOR THE NEXT HOUR.

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

LAT...LON 3452 10331 3432 10334 3432 10305 3455 10304

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.