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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 22, 2010Bernalillo County, Torrance County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 22, 2010, 8:03 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Torrance County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 87 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
Sep 22, 2010, 8:03 PM MDT (02:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 22, 2010, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
87 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 327 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2010-09-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 287 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2010-09-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
287 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.1

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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 Sep 22, 2:53 PM MDT, 5 hours 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:53 PM MDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 6:00 AM MDT, 14 hours 3 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

NMZ501>540-231200-
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-
600 AM MDT WED SEP 22 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY AND
TONIGHT OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO. HEAVY RAINS PRODUCED
BY SOME OF THE SHOWERS AND STORMS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING. SOME OF THESE HEAVY RAINS MAY SPREAD INTO
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO LATER THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

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...

CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE TO REPORT FLOODING. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT
RAINFALL AMOUNTS VIA THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB
SITE OR BY CALLING 1-888-386-7637.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 5:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 22, 6:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves86 min
Sep 22, 6:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel81 min
Sep 22, 6:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Torrance, Valencia113 min
Sep 22, 6:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel92 min
Sep 22, 6:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe112 min
Sep 22, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo35 min
Sep 22, 7:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel115 min
Sep 22, 10:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union117 min
Sep 22, 10:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union2 hr
Sep 22, 11:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion119 min
Sep 22, 11:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Torrance2 hr
Sep 23, 12:22 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQUnion113 min
Sep 23, 12:32 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley118 min
Sep 23, 12:44 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel, Union2 hr
Sep 23, 2:13 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion92 min
Sep 23, 2:33 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln3 hr
Sep 23, 2:47 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel, Union118 min
Sep 23, 3:28 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ9 hr
Sep 23, 4:25 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Lincoln and 4 more110 min
Sep 23, 6:26 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt2 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.