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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 21, 2009De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2009, 10:04 PM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 21, 2009, 10:04 PM MDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2009, 12:00 AM MDT
In force: 116 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3173 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WGUS55 KABQ 220404
FFWABQ
NMC011-019-037-220600-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0013.090722T0404Z-090722T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1004 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT

* AT 957 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER A LARGE PORTION OF 
  SOUTHEAST GUADALUPE...SOUTHWEST QUAY...AND NORTHEAST DE BACA
  COUNTIES. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY 
  STATIONARY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN ALONG HIGHWAY 84
  15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA WITHIN ARROYO SAN JUAN DE DIOS.
  VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS ALSO FALLEN WITHIN ALAMOGORDO CREEK 16 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER. ANOTHER AREA OF VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS
  FALLEN NEAR PASTURA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY
RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE.

&&

LAT...LON 3502 10521 3505 10469 3507 10439 3460 10395
      3461 10490

$$
GUYER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WGUS75 KABQ 220506
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1106 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2009

NMC011-019-037-220600-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090722T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
QUAY-GUADALUPE-DE BACA-
1106 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL DE BACA...CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN QUAY
COUNTIES...

AT 1103 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN MAINLY OVER SOUTH
CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY ALONG COUNTY ROAD 3-C. THE STORM PRODUCING 
VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PUERTO DE LUNA...
  PASTURA...
  BORICA...
  SUMNER LAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.

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

ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. KNOW WHERE HIGHER GROUND IS LOCATED.

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS. IF FLASH FLOODING IS OBSERVED...MOVE TO
HIGHER GROUND.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST
OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE.

&&

LAT...LON 3502 10521 3505 10469 3507 10439 3460 10395
      3461 10490

$$
GUYER

000 
WGUS75 KABQ 220557
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1157 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2009

NMC011-019-037-220607-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-090722T0600Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
QUAY-GUADALUPE-DE BACA-
1157 PM MDT TUE JUL 21 2009

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
DE BACA...CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTIES...

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 3502 10521 3505 10469 3507 10439 3460 10395
      3461 10490

$$
GUYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 6:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	113 min
Jul 21, 6:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Santa Fe, Taos	117 min
Jul 21, 6:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	113 min
Jul 21, 6:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	2 hr
Jul 21, 6:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	116 min
Jul 21, 7:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	111 min
Jul 21, 7:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	119 min
Jul 21, 7:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	110 min
Jul 21, 8:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 21, 8:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	117 min
Jul 21, 8:25 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	110 min
Jul 21, 8:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
Jul 21, 9:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Mora, San Miguel, Torrance	108 min
Jul 21, 10:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Roosevelt, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 21, 11:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel, Torrance	2 hr
Jul 22, 1:36 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Quay and 1 more	114 min
Jul 22, 1:48 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel, Union	117 min
Jul 22, 3:37 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Lincoln, Roosevelt	113 min
Jul 22, 4:14 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	2 hr
Jul 22, 5:51 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	114 min
Jul 22, 8:25 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	110 min
Jul 22, 8:44 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
Jul 22, 10:46 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	119 min
Jul 22, 12:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	4 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2009 Every flash flood warning in 2009

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.