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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 19, 2003Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 19, 2003, 9:02 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 118 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
Jun 19, 2003, 9:02 PM MDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2003, 11:00 PM MDT
In force
118 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, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 2003-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 302 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 2003-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1082 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KABQ 200302
FFWABQ
NMC037-200500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
902 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT

* AT 859 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN FROM TUCUMCARI TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RAGLAND...OR FROM
  3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI TO 30 MILES SOUTH OF TUCUMCARI...
  MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THUNDERSTORMS WITH EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL BE...
  OVER RURAL CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY 

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

LAT...LON 3523 10392 3471 10381 3479 10348 3525 10352
          3524 10361
$$
2 follow-up statements
000 
WGUS75 KABQ 200319
FFSABQ
NMC037-200500-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
916 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2003

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR QUAY
COUNTY...

AT 856 PM MDT A SPOTTER REPORTED 1.15 INCHES OF RAIN IN FIFTEEN 
MINUTES 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED ACT QUICKLY.
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND TO ESCAPE FLOOD WATERS. IT IS VERY DIFFICULT AT
NIGHT TO TELL HOW MUCH WATER IS ON ROADS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST
MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH.

$$
000 
WGUS75 KABQ 200457
FFSABQ
NMC037-200510-

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1100 PM MDT THU JUN 19 2003

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
QUAY COUNTY HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS
DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT FOR
FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 6:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln24 min
Jun 19, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln31 min
Jun 19, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves39 min
Jun 19, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves59 min
Jun 19, 8:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay37 min
Jun 20, 12:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance38 min
Jun 20, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe57 min
Jun 20, 2:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel50 min
Jun 20, 2:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln33 min
Jun 20, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt48 min
Jun 20, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves49 min
Jun 20, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry36 min
Jun 20, 4:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt53 min
Jun 20, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves45 min
Jun 20, 5:24 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt36 min
Jun 20, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves43 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.