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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 19, 2008Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 19, 2008, 4:40 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 95 min. 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: Jul 19, 2008, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 19, 2008, 6:15 PM MDT
In force: 95 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 19, 5:15 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ese Albuquerque, NM	ONE VICTIM RESCUED FROM FLOODED ARROYO NEAR INTERSTATE 40 AND CARLISLE AVENUE.

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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 4 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -230 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1670 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 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 192240
FFWABQ
NMC001-200015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0021.080719T2240Z-080720T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
440 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 437 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN   
  ALBUQUERQUE...MOVING WEST AT 12 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS WERE
  DEVELOPING WITHIN THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS. THESE STORMS WILL CREATE
  RAINFALL RATES OF ONE OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR THROUGH 515 PM. SOME
  OF THE STRONGER ACTIVITY WILL IMPACT THE KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE...
  THE ALBUQUERQUE SUNPORT AND THE DOWNTOWN AREA. PERSONS TRAVELLING
  ALONG INTERSTATES 25 AND 40 SHOULD BE ALERT TO PONDING OF WATER. 
  HIGH WATER FLOWS ARE EXPECTED AT INTERSECTIONS WITH POOR DRAINAGE.

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

ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

LAT...LON 3491 10678 3517 10675 3519 10641 3493 10637

$$

DPORTER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS75 KABQ 192309
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
509 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

NMC001-200015-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080720T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERNALILLO-
509 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
BERNALILLO COUNTY...

AT 506 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THESE STORMS WERE 
LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHEAST HEIGHTS AND APPROACHING THE SOUTH VALLEY. 
THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 17 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING RAINFALL RATES OF ONE OR TWO INCHES PER HOUR.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  THE ALBUQUERQUE SOUTH VALLEY...
  PAJARITO...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

LAT...LON 3491 10678 3517 10675 3519 10641 3493 10637

$$

DPORTER

000 
WGUS75 KABQ 200015
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
615 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

NMC001-200030-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-080720T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERNALILLO-
615 PM MDT SAT JUL 19 2008

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL BERNALILLO 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 3491 10678 3517 10675 3519 10641 3493 10637

$$

DPORTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 6:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	119 min
Jul 18, 6:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	57 min
Jul 18, 6:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	2 hr
Jul 18, 6:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	84 min
Jul 18, 7:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay	90 min
Jul 19, 2:38 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 19, 12:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	49 min
Jul 19, 1:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	116 min
Jul 19, 2:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos	118 min
Jul 19, 2:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	111 min
Jul 19, 3:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	119 min
Jul 19, 3:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	119 min
Jul 19, 4:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	84 min
Jul 19, 5:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	117 min
Jul 19, 5:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	119 min
Jul 19, 5:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	111 min
Jul 19, 5:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Valencia	93 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.