Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2011, 12:52 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 2011, 12:52 PM MDT (18:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:55 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 2:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Wnw Cochiti Lake, NM | THERE WAS AN INITIAL PUSH OF FOUR FEET OF WATER AND DEBRIS IN PERALTA CANYON NEAR FOREST SERVICE ROAD 266 AROUND 2 PM MDT. BY 3 PM MDT... THE FLOW WAS TWO TO TWO AND A HALF FEET DEEP AND 15 TO 20 FEET WIDE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2173 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
998
WGUS55 KABQ 211852
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-212145-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0010.110721T1852Z-110721T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1252 PM MDT THU JUL 21 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
WESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 345 PM MDT
* AT 1251 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS
ALAMOS...MOVING NORTH AT 10 MPH. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE HALF TO ONE
INCH PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE FROM THIS STORM AND ADDITIONAL STORMS
THAT MAY DEVELOP WITHIN THE NEXT HOUR OR TWO.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI
CANYON...PERALTA CANYON...HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO
LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND AND DOME WILDERNESS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
&&
LAT...LON 3580 10657 3586 10650 3596 10654 3604 10651
3610 10635 3603 10624 3593 10628 3586 10633
3581 10627 3573 10629 3563 10638 3564 10646
3569 10657
$$
DPORTER/MMT1 follow-up statement
464
WGUS75 KABQ 212037
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
237 PM MDT THU JUL 21 2011
NMC028-039-043-212145-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0010.000000T0000Z-110721T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL-
237 PM MDT THU JUL 21 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL...SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...
AT 230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE LIGHT RAINFALL OVER THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH 315 PM MDT SHOULD REMAIN LIGHT OR UNDER ONE
TENTH OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...FAST DEBRIS FLOWS ARE STILL EXPECTED OVER
THE REGION WHERE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAINS OCCURRED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PERALTA CANYON...
FOREST SERVICE ROAD 266...
PORTIONS OF THE JEMEZ INDIAN RESERVATION...
PORTIONS OF THE BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN AREA.
STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.
&&
LAT...LON 3580 10657 3586 10650 3596 10654 3604 10651
3610 10635 3603 10624 3593 10628 3586 10633
3581 10627 3573 10629 3563 10638 3564 10646
3569 10657
$$
MT/DPORTERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 6:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 2 hr |
| Jul 20, 6:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 116 min |
| Jul 20, 7:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe | 115 min |
| Jul 21, 4:16 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 15 hr | |
| Jul 21, 12:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 115 min |
| Jul 21, 3:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 4 hr |
| Jul 21, 4:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 5:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 29 min |
Nearby
Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2011Every flash flood warning 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.