Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2010
Flash Flood Warning 23, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2010, 6:52 PM MST for Cibola County, New Mexico. It was in force for 83 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 24, 2010, 6:52 PM MST (01:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2010, 8:15 PM MST
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cibola County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 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, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 24, 2:00 PM MST, 4 hours 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 2:00 PM MST, 4 hours 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 300 PM MDT SAT JUL 24 2010 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LOW CIRCULATION ANALYZED OVER SE AZ THIS MORNING TO MEANDER AROUND NEW MEXICO THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE APPARENTLY LIFTING NORTHEAST AND EAST. LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE TO CONTINUE TO BE STRETCHED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...AND UPSLOPE FLOW FORECAST INTO EAST SLOPES CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN THROUGH SUNDAY BEFORE TURNING MORE SOUTHERLY. WILL CONTINUE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CWA-WIDE THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY. AS ANOTHER UPPER LOW CIRCULATION CURRENTLY OVER TEXAS APPROACHES FROM THE SOUTHEAST...BOTH NAM/GFS INDICATE A MORE STABLE AIRMASS OVER THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE...BECOMING PROGRESSIVELY MORE WIDESPREAD INTO THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL REGIONS SUNDAY/SUNDAY NIGHT. POPS SHOULD TAPER OFF AND MAY BECOME THE AREA LEAST LIKELY TO RECEIVE RAIN BY SUNDAY NIGHT. WHILE THE HIGH POPS AND POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAIN DIMINISH EARLY NEXT WEEK AS THE CENTER OF HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT RELOCATES OVER THE FOUR CORNERS REGION...NEW MEXICO WILL ALSO BE UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF THE UPPER LOW CIRCULATION AS IT CONTINUES TO TRACK INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE/EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...AND AS THE EFFECTS OF THE UPPER HIGH DIMINISH. SO BY MIDWEEK...IT LOOKS AS IF AN UPSWING IN CONVECTION IS IN STORE FOR NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NM. && .AVIATION...UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER SOUTHEAST STATES WITH UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN ARIZONA AND UPPER LEVEL TROPICAL LOW OVER THE TEXAS COAST WILL COMBINE TO SUPPORT SOUTH TO NORTH TRANSPORT OF MOISTURE WITH SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH PERIOD. CURRENTLY CARRYING PREVAILING SHRA/TSRA IN TAFS...INCLUDING KABQ...KSAF...KLVS...TCC AND ROW WITH HIGH CONFIDENCE ALL LOCATIONS BUT ROSWELL. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE RELATIVELY SLOW MOVING WITH HEAVY RAIN AND IFR AND OCCASIONALLY LIFR CEILINGS AND VISIBILITIES AS WELL. GUSTY OUTFLOWS PARTICULARLY ACROSS THE EAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND GAP WINDS INTO THE CENTRAL VALLEY THROUGH ABOUT 06Z. PRECIP TO CONTINUE THROUGH THE OVERNIGHT HOURS WITH A REPEAT FOR SUNDAY MOST AREAS BUT EXTREME SOUTHEAST. NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 09Z. && .FIRE WEATHER...VERY FEW CHANGES TO FIRE WEATHER GRIDS THROUGH THE PERIOD. MONSOONAL BURST PATTERN WITH UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER THE SOUTHEAST STATES WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE OVER ARIZONA AND AN UPPER LEVEL TROPICAL TROUGH OVER THE TEXAS COAST. BACK DOOR FRONT CURRENTLY WELL INTO THE NORTHEAST AND WITH AMPLE CONVECTION ACROSS THE EAST ALREADY SEEING EAST GAP WINDS INTO THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. MIN RH VALUES TODAY STRUGGLE TO FALL BELOW 40 MOST AREAS EXCEPT THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU. PLENTY OF MOISTURE ALOFT AND AT SURFACE WITH SOME UPPER LEVEL DYNAMICS WILL KEEP WETTING RAIN...SOME HEAVY...THROUGH TODAY AND SUNDAY. EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES. EAST CANYON WINDS INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EARLY IN THE EVENING WITH MODEST INCREASE IN DEW POINTS ACROSS THE WEST BUT MOISTURE ALREADY QUITE HIGH. ANOTHER ROUND OF WETTING RAIN...SOME HEAVY WITH LOCAL FLOODING POSSIBLE ON SUNDAY...WITH A DOWN TICK ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST BOTH UPPER LEVEL LOWS WILL SLOWLY MIGRATE NORTH THROUGH MONDAY. UPPER LEVEL HIGH OVER SOUTHEAST STATES DRIFTS TO THE WEST WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING OVER THE FOUR CORNERS. LOOKS LIKE A REDUCTION IN THUNDERSTORMS AND QPF ON MONDAY...WITH WESTERN NEW MEXICO FAVORED. UPPER HIGH TO CONTINUE MOVING EAST DURING THE WORKWEEK BUT WILL STAY CENTERED EAST OF THE STATE. DAILY ROUNDS OF WETTING RAIN WITH SLIGHT DAY TO DAY VARIATIONS BUT GENERALLY WEST AND CENTRAL AREAS FAVORED THROUGH THE WEEK. EXPECT GOOD TO EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT RECOVERIES...LOW HAINES AND A MONSOONISH PATTERN THROUGH THE WEEK. 05 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 60 89 61 92 / 50 30 40 20 DULCE........................... 53 82 54 85 / 60 40 60 20 CUBA............................ 55 82 54 83 / 80 70 60 20 GALLUP.......................... 59 82 57 85 / 70 30 50 20 EL MORRO........................ 56 77 53 80 / 70 50 60 30 GRANTS.......................... 58 80 56 83 / 80 60 70 30 QUEMADO......................... 54 80 54 81 / 80 80 70 40 GLENWOOD........................ 60 84 59 84 / 80 80 70 40 CHAMA........................... 50 74 47 80 / 70 50 60 30 LOS ALAMOS...................... 58 78 58 86 / 80 80 70 30 PECOS........................... 55 73 53 80 / 80 70 60 20 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 51 73 51 81 / 80 70 60 20 RED RIVER....................... 47 65 46 72 / 80 70 60 30 ANGEL FIRE...................... 48 66 46 75 / 90 70 60 40 TAOS............................ 55 75 52 83 / 80 70 70 20 ESPANOLA........................ 59 79 59 84 / 80 70 70 20 SANTA FE........................ 57 74 53 82 / 80 60 70 30 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 58 77 56 84 / 80 60 70 30 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 62 76 62 84 / 80 60 70 20 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 63 79 63 84 / 80 60 70 20 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 61 81 61 86 / 80 50 70 20 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 63 81 63 85 / 80 60 70 20 LOS LUNAS....................... 64 82 64 87 / 90 70 70 20 RIO RANCHO...................... 63 80 63 85 / 80 60 70 20 SOCORRO......................... 61 82 62 85 / 90 70 60 30 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 57 74 57 79 / 80 70 70 20 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 58 74 59 81 / 90 60 60 20 CLINES CORNERS.................. 58 71 57 78 / 90 70 50 20 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 59 75 59 82 / 80 80 50 20 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 81 60 84 / 80 70 30 20 RUIDOSO......................... 55 73 56 73 / 90 80 30 20 CAPULIN......................... 55 70 52 82 / 80 70 60 30 RATON........................... 58 72 54 85 / 80 80 60 30 LAS VEGAS....................... 54 73 54 80 / 90 70 50 30 CLAYTON......................... 61 79 60 87 / 90 60 50 20 ROY............................. 59 77 58 84 / 90 70 50 30 CONCHAS......................... 63 82 62 89 / 80 60 40 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 64 82 63 89 / 80 60 30 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 67 85 65 91 / 80 50 40 20 CLOVIS.......................... 64 85 64 86 / 60 20 20 10 PORTALES........................ 65 85 64 88 / 60 20 20 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 65 86 66 88 / 80 50 20 10 ROSWELL......................... 65 87 66 89 / 80 40 10 10 PICACHO......................... 60 80 60 84 / 80 70 20 10 ELK............................. 58 74 57 78 / 90 80 20 20 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH LATE TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING ZONES... NMZ501>540. &&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 4:49 AM MST, 14 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 549 AM MDT SAT JUL 24 2010 NMZ501>540-251200- 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- 549 AM MDT SAT JUL 24 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT TODAY THROUGH TONIGHT FOR MOST OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAIN AT RATES UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO PERSIST THROUGH SUNDAY ACROSS THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND POSSIBLY ALSO IN THE UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT FLASH FLOODING AT 1.888.386.7637. 44
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 24, 1:36 PM MST, 5 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
236 PM MDT SAT JUL 24 2010
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1245 PM FLASH FLOOD 5 W PORTALES 34.18N 103.43W
07/24/2010 ROOSEVELT NM EMERGENCY MNGR
LARGE AREA OF 1 FT DEEP WATER ALONG HIGHWAY 267 BETWEEN
MILEMARKERS 6 AND 8. ROAD IMPASSIBLE. FLOODING BEGAN AT
1245 PM AND CONTINUES AS OF 230 PM.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1002109
GUYERLocal storm report, Jul 24, 3:43 PM MST, 3 hours 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
443 PM MDT SAT JUL 24 2010
..TIME.. ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE.. ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0245 PM FLASH FLOOD 8 ENE ALBUQUERQUE 35.16N 106.50W
07/24/2010 BERNALILLO NM NWS EMPLOYEE
FLOODED INTERSECTION AT SAN FRANCISCO AND BARSTOW.
TRAFFIC STOPPED DUE TO FLOWING WATER.
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1002110
SHYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 5:03 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 57 min |
| Jul 24, 5:33 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola | 117 min |
| Jul 24, 6:02 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 58 min |
| Jul 24, 6:15 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:22 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 113 min |
| Jul 24, 6:30 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 24, 6:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 90 min |
| Jul 24, 8:12 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola | 2 hr |
| Jul 24, 10:05 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 115 min |
| Jul 25, 10:54 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 96 min |
| Jul 25, 11:44 AM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:08 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 12:53 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:11 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Taos | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 1:44 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 2:23 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, Socorro | 112 min |
| Jul 25, 2:55 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan | 110 min |
| Jul 25, 3:30 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 3:36 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 114 min |
| Jul 25, 3:51 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 114 min |
| Jul 25, 4:28 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 2 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:41 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan | 3 hr |
| Jul 25, 4:43 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Juan | 32 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.