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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2008, 5:34 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It was in force for 116 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 2008, 5:34 PM MDT (23:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2008, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Rio Arriba County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 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
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Jul 12, 2:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 2:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 509 AM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008 NMZ001>021-026-131200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 509 AM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDEVELOP TODAY OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR THESE AREAS. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TONIGHT...WITH AN EXTENSION OF A FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH TONIGHT POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL REDEVELOP AGAIN ON SUNDAY OVER THE WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY...AND OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WITH CONTINUED POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. FOR MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW...AS SHOWERS WILL DECREASE GRADUALLY IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY THROUGH MID WEEK. EXPECT SHOWERS REDUCED IN BOTH COVERAGE AND INTENSITY FOR THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT FLOODING OR FLASH FLOODING THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEKEND. SHY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:37 PM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 137 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008 NMZ019-122000- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- 137 PM MDT SAT JUL 12 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY... AT 136 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MESA. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AROUND 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL NORTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. 34
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 7:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, Rio Arriba, Taos | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 7:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance, Valencia | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 8:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 88 min |
| Jul 12, 12:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 1:30 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 2:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 2:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 48 min |
| Jul 12, 2:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 119 min |
| Jul 12, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 3:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 118 min |
| Jul 12, 3:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 113 min |
| Jul 12, 3:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 115 min |
| Jul 12, 3:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 83 min |
| Jul 12, 4:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 2 hr |
| Jul 12, 5:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 117 min |
| Jul 12, 5:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 2 hr |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.