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Areal Flood Advisory 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 11, 20114 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 11, 2011, 1:45 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2011, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2011, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 402 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 171 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, Grand Junction, CO at 12:00Z on 2011-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 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
171 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 11, 6:52 AM MDT, 6 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 6:52 AM MDT, 6 hours 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 6:15 AM MDT, 7 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
615 AM MDT MON JUL 11 2011

NMZ501>540-121200-
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-
615 AM MDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM SOME OF THE THUNDERSTORMS THAT DEVELOP ALONG AND WEST
OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE MOST POSSIBLE
BELOW BURN SCARS FROM RECENT WILD FIRES. PLEASE REVIEW THE LATEST
FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MORE INFORMATION. GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN 35 AND
50 MPH AND SMALL HAIL WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

ON TUESDAY...THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL PERSIST
DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS ALONG AND WEST OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN. FLASH FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE BELOW BURN SCARS
FROM RECENT WILD FIRES.

AFTER A MINOR DROPOFF IN SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WEDNESDAY
AND POSSIBLY THURSDAY...THE MONSOON MOISTURE PLUME MAY RESTRENGTHEN
TO A DEGREE OVER NEW MEXICO LATE WEEK INTO AT LEAST THE FIRST PART
OF THE WEEKEND. SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY BELOW BURN SCARS THAT HAVE
FORMED WITHIN THE LAST COUPLE YEARS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WIDESPREAD SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT ANY REPORTS OF
FLASH FLOODING...HAIL OR HIGH THUNDERSTORM GENERATED WINDS ARE
ENCOURAGED.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 12:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval2 hr
Jul 11, 2:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 11, 3:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron3 hr
Jul 11, 4:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley3 hr
Jul 11, 4:33 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley117 min
Jul 11, 4:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval2 hr
Jul 11, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt29 min
Jul 11, 5:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, San Juan2 hr

Nearby

Areal Flood Advisories in New Mexico, 2011Every areal flood advisory in 2011

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.