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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 2010McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2010, 4:59 PM MDT for McKinley 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 31, 2010, 4:59 PM MDT (22:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 2010, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County McKinley County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2010-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 508 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2010-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
508 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-71 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 31, 3:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 3:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 5:49 AM MDT, 11 hours 10 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
549 AM MDT SAT JUL 31 2010

NMZ501>540-011200-
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 31 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCES WILL MOVE NORTHWARD THROUGH WESTERN NEW
MEXICO WITHIN A DEEP PLUME OF MONSOON MOISTURE ENHANCING THE
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...A FRONTAL BOUNDARY OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL
PROVIDE A FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL. PLEASE REFER TO THE LATEST
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SUNDAY...THE MONSOON MOISTURE SURGE MAY LINGER OVER THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHWEST PLATEAU...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR
MORE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAIN AMOUNTS AND FLASH FLOODING THROUGH
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 6:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley118 min
Jul 30, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo25 min
Jul 30, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe33 min
Jul 30, 7:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe86 min
Jul 30, 7:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo30 min
Jul 30, 7:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel40 min
Jul 30, 7:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel2 hr
Jul 30, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos48 min
Jul 30, 8:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Taos2 hr
Jul 30, 8:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, San Juan85 min
Jul 30, 8:15 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval, Santa Fe90 min
Jul 30, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe43 min
Jul 30, 9:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe3 hr
Jul 30, 9:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Harding, Mora, Taos, Union3 hr
Jul 31, 12:55 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Harding, Mora, Taos, Union110 min
Jul 31, 11:57 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro, Torrance93 min
Jul 31, 12:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo93 min
Jul 31, 1:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro, Valencia116 min
Jul 31, 1:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, Taos113 min
Jul 31, 1:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Valencia63 min
Jul 31, 2:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia85 min
Jul 31, 2:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, San Juan2 hr
Jul 31, 2:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union80 min
Jul 31, 2:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba, San Juan107 min
Jul 31, 2:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval2 hr
Jul 31, 3:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Mora, Taos2 hr
Jul 31, 4:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley2 hr
Jul 31, 4:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax84 min
Jul 31, 4:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe112 min
Jul 31, 5:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley109 min
Jul 31, 5:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro85 min
Jul 31, 5:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, Sandoval115 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.