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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 26, 2005Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 26, 2005, 3:18 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 2005, 3:18 PM MDT (21:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2005, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 26, 4:49 PM MDTFLASH FLOOD3 Sw Encino, NMSTORM TOTAL PRECIPITATION...3.86 INCHES.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 12:00Z on 2005-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 437 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2005-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 87 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
437 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-176 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1623 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
87 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 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 262119
FFWABQ
NMC057-270015-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
318 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 313 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS NEAR ENCINO...OR ABOUT 17 
MILES WEST OF VAUGHN. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING VERY HEAVY 
RAIN AND WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN MAY 
HAVE ALREADY FALLEN OVER THE WARNING AREA WITH ANOTHER INCH OR TWO 
POSSIBLE THROUGH 600 PM MDT. 

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

LAT...LON 3444 10573 3443 10530 3477 10533 3477 10567

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS75 KABQ 270014
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
613 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2005

NMC057-270023-
TORRANCE-
613 PM MDT SUN JUN 26 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EAST CENTRAL TORRANCE
COUNTY...

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.

LAT...LON 3444 10573 3443 10530 3477 10533 3477 10567

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 1:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval60 min
Jun 26, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel59 min
Jun 26, 3:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora3 hr
Jun 26, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance59 min
Jun 26, 3:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Miguel3 hr
Jun 26, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora54 min
Jun 26, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe48 min
Jun 26, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln60 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2005Every flash flood warning in 2005

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.