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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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 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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 60 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.