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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 12, 2008Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2008, 5:03 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 min. 2 reports 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
Jul 12, 2008, 5:03 PM MDT (23:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2008, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
117 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:04 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
Jul 12, 5:06 PM MDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nw Capitan, NMFLASH FLOODING ALONG SALADO CREEK NORTH OF CAPITAN. SEVERAL ROADS UNDER 3 TO 6 FEET OF WATER.
Jul 12, 6:27 PM MDTFLASH FLOOD1 Nw Capitan, NMFIVE ROADS CLOSED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF CAPITAN DUE TO ONE TO TWO FEET OF FLOWING WATER. SIX MOBILE HOMES HAVE BEEN FLOODED.

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, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 196 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 2008-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 30 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2008-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
839 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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 122305
FFWABQ
NMC027-130100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0013.080712T2303Z-080713T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
503 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 502 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR NOGAL...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF CARRIZOZO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY.

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

HEAVY RAIN HAS CAUSED THE SALADO CREEK NORTH OF CAPITAN TO RUN OUT 
OF ITS BANKS. SEVERAL ROADS HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTED UNDER WATER. 

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

LAT...LON 3334 10572 3335 10573 3338 10574 3339 10585
      3381 10585 3385 10541 3332 10540 3331 10572

$$

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1 follow-up statement
000 
WGUS75 KABQ 130015
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
611 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008

NMC027-130100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-080713T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
611 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 608 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BONITO 
LAKE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CARRIZOZO. THE STORM PRODUCING 
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  WHITE OAKS...
  ENCINOSO...
  NOGAL...
  CAPITAN...
  BONITO LAKE...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.  FLASH FLOODING WAS ALREADY REPORTED ALONG SALADO 
CREEK.  ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING MAY BE OCCURRING ALONG THE RIO 
BONITO AND THE RIO RUIDOSO. IN ADDITION... SEVERAL ROADS HAVE BEEN 
CLOSED DUE TO FLOODING. 

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS OR 
ROADWAYS. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

LAT...LON 3334 10572 3335 10573 3338 10574 3339 10585
      3381 10585 3385 10541 3332 10540 3331 10572

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 7:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, Rio Arriba, Taos3 hr
Jul 11, 7:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance, Valencia2 hr
Jul 11, 8:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba2 hr
Jul 11, 9:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval2 hr
Jul 11, 9:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe88 min
Jul 12, 12:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley, Sandoval2 hr
Jul 12, 1:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola2 hr
Jul 12, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves58 min
Jul 12, 2:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln2 hr
Jul 12, 2:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola2 hr
Jul 12, 2:27 PM MDTTornado WarningABQChaves48 min
Jul 12, 2:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley119 min
Jul 12, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves46 min
Jul 12, 3:17 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro118 min
Jul 12, 3:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln113 min
Jul 12, 3:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves115 min
Jul 12, 3:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro83 min
Jul 12, 4:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba2 hr
Jul 12, 5:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro2 hr
Jul 12, 5:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba116 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Every flash flood warning in 2008

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.