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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 2, 2010Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 2, 2010, 8:40 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 95 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
Aug 2, 2010, 8:40 PM MDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 2010, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
95 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 00:00Z on 2010-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 192 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 00:00Z on 2010-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
192 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2562 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
8 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 Aug 2, 3:02 PM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:02 PM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 2, 5:34 AM MDT, 15 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
534 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2010

NMZ501>540-031200-
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-
534 AM MDT MON AUG 2 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHWESTERN QUARTER OF NEW MEXICO IS
EXPECTED AGAIN TODAY... WHERE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING
MAY OCCUR. PLEASE REFER TO THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ALTHOUGH THE THREAT FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW AT
THIS TIME...NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO
REDEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY...PARTICULARLY OVER THE
NORTHERN...NORTHWESTERN...AND SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS WHERE SOME
LOCALIZED AREAS OF HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE MOST LIKELY.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING OR HEAVY
RAINFALL TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT
1.888.386.7637 OR VIA OUR WEBSITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 2, 5:36 PM MDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley96 min
Aug 2, 6:13 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba103 min
Aug 2, 6:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley110 min
Aug 2, 6:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron114 min
Aug 2, 6:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval36 min
Aug 2, 6:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley2 hr
Aug 2, 7:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval113 min
Aug 2, 7:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe2 hr
Aug 2, 8:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley, Socorro2 hr
Aug 2, 8:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan112 min
Aug 2, 9:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval25 min
Aug 2, 9:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba31 min
Aug 2, 10:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval2 hr
Aug 2, 10:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan, Socorro118 min
Aug 3, 4:34 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ18 hr
Aug 3, 1:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley119 min
Aug 3, 2:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, Socorro, Valencia117 min
Aug 3, 2:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan118 min
Aug 3, 2:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Juan2 hr
Aug 3, 3:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro119 min
Aug 3, 3:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley111 min
Aug 3, 4:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley86 min
Aug 3, 4:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley, San Juan115 min
Aug 3, 5:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Juan74 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMcKinley2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2010Every flash flood warning in 2010

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.