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Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 3, 2010, 6:03 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 3, 2010, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 2010, 8:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 3, 3:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 .DISCUSSION...WOULD LIKE TO TERMINATE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH EARLY...HOWEVER...ECHOES ASSOCIATED WITH CIRCULATION NOTED IN RADAR/SATELLITE IMAGERY NEAR SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE YET TO CLEAR THE REGION. IN ADDITION...BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL BE APPROACHING THE WATCH AREA LATER THIS AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING. SO AT THIS POINT...WILL HOLD ONTO THE WATCH...WHICH CONTINUES TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. OTHERWISE...DRYING HAS BEGUN THIS AFTERNOON WEST OF THE CONTDVD...WITH THE DEWPOINTS AT KFMN AND KGUP FALLING TO 33 DEGREES..AND SOME MID 30S NOTED AT SOME OF THE RAWS SITES. CONSEQUENTLY TONIGHTS LOWS IN THE DRIER AIR IN THE FAR NORTHWEST/WEST CENTRAL SHOULD BE ABOUT 10 DEGREES COOLER. THE DRYING TREND IS FORECAST TO CONTINUE SUNDAY...LIMITING HIGHEST POPS ALONG EASTERN/NORTHEAST BORDER. SLIGHT CHANCE POPS WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN MAY BE TOO HIGH IF THE DRYING IS AS SIGNIFICANT AS THE MODELS SUGGEST. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD TREND WARMER SUNDAY ESPECIALLY WEST AND CENTRAL...WHILE OVERNIGHT LOWS CONTINUE TO COOL OFF. NAM INDICATES THERE COULD BE SOME MOISTURE RETURN SUNDAY NIGHT INTO THE NORTHEAST...AND THIS MOISTURE MEANDERS OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF THE STATE MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. GFS STILL LATCHES ONTO A STRONGER PUSH TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH A WEAK UPPER RIDGE OVER THE STATE. IN GENERAL...THROUGH EARLY/MIDDLE PART OF NEXT WEEK...THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD APPEARS TO HAVE THE BEST CHANCES FOR RAIN. && .AVIATION...A BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS AND TSTMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS THIS EVENING. OTHER SPOTTY STORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE NORTHEAST. IFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE LIKELY WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS. GUSTY AND ERRATIC WIND GUSTS TO 40KT WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. LESS ACTIVITY IS EXPECTED FARTHER WEST NEAR KFMN AND KGUP. LOW CIGS WILL REDEVELOP ACROSS THE SE TONIGHT...GENERALLY SE OF A LINE FROM KROW TO KTCC AROUND 06Z. PATCHY FOG WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. DRIER CONDITIONS WILL BE NOTED ON SUNDAY...WITH LITTLE OR NO TSTM ACTIVITY ACROSS THE WEST AND LESS ACROSS THE EAST. BEST CHANCE FOR LOW CIGS AND VSBYS SUNDAY AFTERNOON EXIST ACROSS NE AND SE NM. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...AFTER A MOIST FEW DAYS...DRIER AIR HAS BEGUN TO MOVE INTO NORTHWEST NM THIS AFTERNOON...AS EVIDENT BY DEWPOINTS AT GALLUP AND FARMINGTON DROPPING INTO THE MID 30S FROM THE MID 50S. AS SUCH...LITTLE TO NO SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY HAS BEEN OBSERVED ACROSS NW NM. A BROKEN LINE OF STORMS CURRENTLY MOVING THRU THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE EASTWARD THIS EVENING INTO THE PLAINS. DECENT RAINFALL ACCUMULATIONS WILL BE HIT OR MISS...BUT WITH PLENTY OF MOISTURE STILL AVAILABLE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN AREAS...THESE STORMS WILL BE EFFICIENT RAINFALL PRODUCERS. HOWEVER...THESE STORMS ARE ALSO MOVING A BIT FASTER TODAY...WHICH IS MITIGATING THE FLOODING THREAT. RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES TONIGHT WILL NOT BE EXCELLENT LIKE THE LAST FEW DAYS ACROSS THE WEST...BUT STILL FAIR TO GOOD RECOVERIES. EXCELLENT RECOVERIES WILL OCCUR AGAIN ACROSS THE EAST. THOUGH THE MIXING OF DRIER AIR DOWN TO THE SURFACE WILL BE CURBED TONIGHT...IT WILL RESUME EARLY SUNDAY. DEWPOINTS ARE EXPECTED TO DROP INTO THE 20S AND 30S ACROSS ALL OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO TOMORROW... RESULTING IN MINIMUM HUMIDITIES IN THE 10 TO 15 PERCENT RANGE. THOUGH WINDS WILL PICK UP FROM THE WEST...ONLY BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. LITTLE TO NO SHOWER AND TSTM ACTIVITY WILL OCCUR ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS...WHILE ONLY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED ACTIVITY ACROSS THE EAST. BEST CHANCES WILL BE ACROSS FAR NORTHEAST NM AS A WEAK BOUNDARY NUDGES INTO THE AREA. THE DRIER AIR WILL ALLOW TEMPERATURES TO NUDGE UP A FEW DEGREES IN MOST LOCALES. MONDAY WILL BE SIMILAR TO SUNDAY...THOUGH THE AFOREMENTIONED BOUNDARY WILL NUDGE FURTHER SOUTH INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS...RESULTING IN EASTERLY FLOW. IT APPEARS THAT THE BOUNDARY/FRONT WILL COME IN PIECES OVER THE FOLLOWING DAYS. MODELS STILL AT ODDS WHEN THE STRONGEST PUSH WILL BE AND THEREFORE...WHEN THE BEST CHANCE OF PRECIP WILL BE. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 55 91 52 91 / 10 0 0 5 DULCE........................... 44 85 42 85 / 20 5 5 10 CUBA............................ 46 86 45 86 / 20 5 5 10 GALLUP.......................... 47 87 46 87 / 10 5 5 5 EL MORRO........................ 50 83 47 83 / 20 5 5 5 GRANTS.......................... 53 89 48 88 / 20 5 5 5 QUEMADO......................... 54 86 48 85 / 20 5 5 10 GLENWOOD........................ 56 90 52 91 / 20 5 5 5 CHAMA........................... 43 81 41 80 / 20 10 10 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 51 88 53 87 / 30 10 10 10 PECOS........................... 53 84 52 84 / 30 10 20 10 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 46 85 44 83 / 20 10 10 10 RED RIVER....................... 37 76 35 76 / 30 20 20 20 ANGEL FIRE...................... 38 79 36 79 / 30 20 20 20 TAOS............................ 48 87 44 86 / 20 10 10 10 ESPANOLA........................ 57 92 52 92 / 30 5 5 10 SANTA FE........................ 54 88 50 88 / 30 10 10 10 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 54 91 51 91 / 30 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 61 92 59 90 / 30 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 64 94 63 93 / 30 5 5 10 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 59 95 55 94 / 30 5 5 5 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 61 94 59 94 / 30 5 5 10 LOS LUNAS....................... 62 95 58 95 / 30 5 5 10 RIO RANCHO...................... 61 94 60 94 / 30 5 5 10 SOCORRO......................... 63 95 57 95 / 30 10 10 10 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 53 85 50 84 / 30 10 10 10 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 56 90 54 88 / 30 10 10 10 CLINES CORNERS.................. 55 88 53 87 / 40 10 10 10 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 59 87 59 90 / 40 10 10 10 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 89 57 92 / 40 20 20 10 RUIDOSO......................... 53 82 51 83 / 40 30 20 20 CAPULIN......................... 51 85 51 83 / 30 40 40 20 RATON........................... 55 89 53 87 / 30 20 30 20 LAS VEGAS....................... 54 85 51 85 / 30 20 20 10 CLAYTON......................... 63 90 61 85 / 30 30 30 10 ROY............................. 60 87 59 86 / 30 20 20 10 CONCHAS......................... 65 92 62 93 / 30 10 20 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 63 92 62 93 / 30 10 20 10 TUCUMCARI....................... 68 94 63 93 / 30 20 20 10 CLOVIS.......................... 66 88 63 88 / 40 30 30 20 PORTALES........................ 66 89 64 89 / 40 30 30 20 FORT SUMNER..................... 66 92 63 94 / 30 20 20 10 ROSWELL......................... 67 94 64 96 / 40 20 30 10 PICACHO......................... 59 86 58 88 / 40 30 20 10 ELK............................. 58 82 56 85 / 50 30 20 20 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES...NMZ526-535>540. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 6:07 AM MDT, 11 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 607 AM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 NMZ501>540-041200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 607 AM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN CAPABLE OF FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH LATE THIS EVENING...HOWEVER THE GREATEST POTENTIAL WILL BE ACROSS THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS AS WELL AS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS. THE PRIMARY FOCUS WILL BE IN EASTERN LINCOLN...CHAVES...DE BACA...CURRY AND ROOSEVELT COUNTIES. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND FLASH FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE VIA WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. DPORTER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:20 PM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 3, 2:09 PM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 209 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 NMZ507-508-519-520-524-032045- ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS- 209 PM MDT SAT JUL 3 2010 AT 201 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM JUST WEST OF LOS LUNAS TO SOUTHWEST OF SOCORRO. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE LINE WILL GENERATE HAIL TO ONE HALF INCH AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF INCLUDE LOS LUNAS...BELEN...ABEYTAS... ADELINO...BERNARDO...BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE...CHAMIZAL AND CONTRERAS...AND SOCORRO. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. && LAT...LON 3485 10652 3352 10682 3352 10749 3484 10704 TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 258DEG 11KT 3480 10698 3354 10743
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 3, 8:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Union | 95 min |
| Jul 3, 9:52 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Union | 53 min |
| Jul 4, 3:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Jul 4, 4:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 61 min |
| Jul 4, 4:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 112 min |
| Jul 4, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.