Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2003
Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2003, 7:25 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 110 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
- Aug 19, 2003, 7:25 PM MDT (01:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2003, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 110 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2723 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WGUS55 KABQ 200128 FFWABQ NMC009-037-041-200315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 725 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 915 PM MDT * AT 711 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE NORTHERNMOST PANHANDLE OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY...FAR SOUTHWEST QUAY COUNTY AND WESTERN CURRY COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH OR LESS. PERSISTENT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING PROBLEMS NEAR THE AREA WHERE THE THREE COUNTIES MEET. HAIL 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THERE ARE SEPARATE THUNDERSTORMS DUMPING HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN SAN JON AND NARA VISA IN QUAY COUNTY. FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THERE ALSO. HAIL 1/2 INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. LAT...LON 3460 10388 3450 10369 3507 10310 3527 10347 $$
2 follow-up statements
000 WGUS75 KABQ 200203 FFSABQ NMC009-037-041-200315- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 800 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT THROUGH 915 PM FOR PARTS OF CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES AND ALL OF QUAY COUNTY... AT 750 PM MDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED IN THE NORTHERNMOST PANHANDLE OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY AS WELL AS FAR WESTERN CURRY COUNTY AND FAR SOUTHWEST QUAY COUNTY. IN FACT...UP TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN IN NORTHERN ROOSEVELT AND SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY. PARTS OF HIGHWAY 89 IN ROOSEVELT COUNTY ARE PROBABLY COVERED WITH WATER. ARROYOS ARE ALSO LIKELY FLOODING. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES WITH MANY OTHER THUNDERSTORMS IN QUAY COUNTY. HEAVY RAIN CONTINUES NORTH OF INTERSTATE 40 AND EAST OF ROUTE 469. MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE FILLING IN ACROSS WESTERN QUAY COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS CAN BE EXPECTED WITH THOSE STORMS AS WELL. ONCE AGAIN...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES THROUGH 915 PM MDT. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. $$
000 WGUS75 KABQ 200315 FFSABQ NMC009-037-041-200345- FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 915 PM MDT TUE AUG 19 2003 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WHICH WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR QUAY AND PARTS OF ROOSEVELT AND CURRY COUNTIES HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE... THUNDERSTORMS WHICH PRODUCED LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS PARTS OF QUAY...NORTHWEST ROOSEVELT AND CURRY COUNTIES EARLIER IN THE EVENING HAD WEAKENED AND LARGELY DISSIPATED. AS A RESULT...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 915 PM. BETWEEN 630 PM AND 830 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT 3 TO 6 INCHES OF RAIN MAY HAVE FALLEN BETWEEN HOUSE AND MELROSE IN THE PANHANDLE OF ROOSEVELT COUNTY AND EXTREME WESTERN CURRY COUNTY. A SWATH OF ONE INCH RAINFALLS WAS ALSO ESTIMATED BY RADAR ACROSS EASTERN QUAY COUNTY BETWEEN SAN JON AND NARA VISA. SOME MINOR FLOODING AND RUNOFF MAY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER HOUR OR SO IN THESE AREAS...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FAST MOVING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. $$ KJ/DLC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Aug 19, 6:25 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 2 hr |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2003Every flash flood warning in 2003
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.