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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 13, 2005Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2005, 6:47 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 88 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 13, 2005, 6:47 PM MDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 2005, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
88 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 49 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 194 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 2005-08-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 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
194 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1871 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KABQ 140056 CCA
FFWABQ
NMC043-140215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
647 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 815 PM MDT

* AT 645 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
TORRENTIAL RAIN FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG INTERSTATE 25 NEAR 
SAN FELIPE PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHEAST OF BERNALILLO. THE 
STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. ARROYOS AND 
ANY LOW WATER CROSSINGS IN THE VICINITY WILL EXPERIENCE FAST RISING 
AND FAST FLOWING WATER WHICH MAY BECOME DEEP ENOUGH TO SWEEP AWAY 
VEHICLES.

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

IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL CAN ALSO BE 
EXPECTED.

LAT...LON 3541 10657 3541 10635 3559 10635 3559 10657

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS75 KABQ 140130
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
728 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2005

NMC043-140215-

SANDOVAL-
725 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2005

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL COUNTY UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 723 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED 3 MILES EAST OF SAN FELIPE PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF BERNALILLO. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH EXCESSIVE RAIN WAS 
NEARLY STATIONARY...BUT HAD WEAKENED SOMEWHAT SINCE 7 PM. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SANTO DOMINGO PUEBLO...
  SAN FELIPE PUEBLO...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A THIRD TO TWO THIRDS OF AN INCH ARE 
POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA...ESPECIALLY JUST EAST OF SAN FELIPE 
PUEBLO...WITH THE HEAVY RAIN ENDING BEFORE 8 PM.

LAT...LON 3541 10657 3541 10635 3559 10635 3559 10657

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 13, 7:00 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.