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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 6, 2003Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Oct 6, 2003, 8:24 PM MDT for Quay 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: Oct 6, 2003, 8:24 PM MDT (02:24 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2003, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 96 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Quay County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 180 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -80 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KABQ 070224
FFWABQ
NMC037-070400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
824 PM MDT MON OCT 6 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT

* AT 810 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER FLOWING 
OVER ROUTE 209 NORTH OF QUAY AT MILE MARKER 75...OR ABOUT 8 MILES 
SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI IN THE VICINITY OF PLAZA LARGA CREEK. THE ROAD 
HAS BEEN CLOSED. STORMS HAVE BEEN REDEVELOPING AND MOVING SOUTHEAST 
OVER THE SAME AREA OF CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY...RESULTING IN RADAR 
ESTIMATES OF 4 TO 5 INCHES. STORMS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE TO PRODUCE 
HEAVY RAIN THROUGH 9 PM.

* OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE PLAZA LARGA CREEK 
DOWNSTREAM WHERE IT CROSSES ROUTE 278 AND NEAR ITS CONFLUENCE WITH 
REVUELTO CREEK NEAR HISTORIC ROUTE 66 AND INTERSTATE 40. THE TOWN OF 
QUAY COULD ALSO SEE PONDING OF WATER FROM HEAVY RAIN AND ADDITIONAL 
RUNOFF AS STORMS MOVE SLOWLY SOUTHEAST.

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

WATER IN SMALL STREAMS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO 
REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.

LAT...LON 3503 10392 3481 10387 3487 10349 3540 10334
          3538 10346 3518 10368

$$

KD

1 follow-up statement

000 
WGUS75 KABQ 070407
FFSABQ
NMC037-070430-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1005 PM MDT MON OCT 6 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR 
CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD 
TEMPORARILY ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN 
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED THAT ROUTE 209 SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI HAD BEEN 
REOPENED AND NO ADDITIONAL FLOODING REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED.

MORE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE THROUGH QUAY COUNTY OVERNIGHT. STAY 
TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES CONCERNING THESE STORMS.

$$

KD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 8:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	62 min
Oct 6, 10:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	56 min
Oct 6, 11:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	50 min
Oct 6, 11:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	43 min
Oct 7, 12:31 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	44 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.