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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 22, 2011Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 22, 2011, 1:56 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 22, 2011, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 4 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), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 97 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 70 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -180 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1901 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

759 
WGUS55 KABQ 221956
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-230000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0013.110722T1956Z-110723T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
156 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 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 600 PM MDT

* AT 152 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS      
  ALAMOS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. 
  RADAR ESTIMATES THAT UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN WITH   
  THIS STORM...AND IT WILL BE MOVING OVER AREAS THAT RECEIVED        
  RAINFALL EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND            
  THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST JUST WEST OF THE LAS CONCHAS 
  BURN SCAR.  THIS STORMS WILL BE MOVING OVER THE NORTHERN END OF    
  THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON HOURS. A QUICK ONE HALF 
  INCH OF RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS THESE AREAS. 

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
  LIMITED TO LOS ALAMOS...SANTA CLARA CANYON...RIO DEL OSO...CAMP MAY
  ROAD...QUEMAZAN TRAIL...HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO
  LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND...INDIAN SERVICE ROUTE 602...BANDELIER
  NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI CANYON...PERALTA
  CANYON...DOME WILDERNESS AND EASTERN PORTION OF VALLES CALDERA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN 
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 10652 3607 10620 3589 10628 3565 10629
      3567 10660

$$


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3 follow-up statements

092 
WGUS75 KABQ 222056
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
256 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

NMC028-039-043-230000-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL-
256 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL...SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...

AT 252 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LAS 
CONCHAS BURN SCAR. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS 
ALAMOS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND 
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER HIGHWAY 4. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE 
UP TO ONE QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN IN 30 MINUTES TIME. 
ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS MAY MOVE INTO THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
BURN SCAR THROUGH THE AFTERNOON.

THIS MAY IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT   
LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO LAS CONCHAS 
CAMPGROUND...INDIAN SERVICE ROUTE 602...BANDELIER NATIONAL 
MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI CANYON...PERALTA   
CANYON...DOME WILDERNESS AND EASTERN PORTION OF VALLES CALDERA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN 
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 10652 3607 10620 3589 10628 3565 10629
      3567 10660

$$


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987 
WGUS75 KABQ 222232
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
432 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

NMC028-039-043-230000-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL-
432 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL...SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...

AT 429 PM MDT...PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIALS REPORTED FLOODING ALONG 
PERALTA CANYON WHERE IT CROSSES FOREST SERVICE ROAD 266...JUST 
NORTHWEST OF TENT ROCKS. THOUGH PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED ACROSS THE 
LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR...WATER AND DEBRIS FLOW WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE 
ACROSS THIS LOCATION FROM EARLIER RAINS UPSTREAM. BLAND CANYON AND 
FRIJOLES CANYON MAY ALSO HAVE SIGNIFICANT WATER RISES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN 
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 10652 3607 10620 3589 10628 3565 10629
      3567 10660

$$


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118 
WGUS75 KABQ 222354
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
554 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

NMC028-039-043-230003-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110723T0000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL-
554 PM MDT FRI JUL 22 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL...SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS 
ENDING ACROSS THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT 
WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT 
FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 10652 3607 10620 3589 10628 3565 10629
      3567 10660

$$


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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 21, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	26 min
Jul 22, 3:55 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		16 hr
Jul 22, 1:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 22, 1:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 22, 1:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 22, 2:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 22, 2:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 22, 3:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	89 min
Jul 22, 3:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	118 min
Jul 22, 4:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	113 min
Jul 22, 5:02 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	118 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2011 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.