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Flash Flood Warning 19, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 25, 20114 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 25, 2011, 12:31 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 25, 2011, 12:31 PM MDT (18:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2011, 3:30 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, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:32 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, 6.5 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: 90 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1412 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 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.

000
WGUS55 KABQ 251831
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-049-252130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0019.110725T1831Z-110725T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1231 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 1224 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR LOS ALAMOS. 
  THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WILL BE NEARLY STATIONARY.

  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 AND EASTERN
  PORTION OF VALLES CALDERA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3603 10653 3607 10643 3608 10622 3599 10608
      3590 10612 3581 10618 3561 10632 3566 10654
      3581 10656

$$
GUYER

1 follow-up statement

173 
WGUS75 KABQ 252024
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
224 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2011

NMC028-039-043-049-252130-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0019.000000T0000Z-110725T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANTA FE-SANDOVAL-
224 PM MDT MON JUL 25 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA
AND LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER THE LAS CONCHAS
BURN SCAR. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
THE MAIN FOCUS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS NOW SHIFTED TO THE SOUTHERN 
EXTENT OF THE BURN SCAR...AND WILL IMPACT BANDELIER...FRIJOLES 
CANYON...ALAMO CANYON...CAPULIN CANYON...COCHITI CANYON...BLAND 
CANYON...PERALTA CANYON...AND HIGHWAY 4 NEAR LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND.

FAST AND HIGH FLOWS ARE STILL LIKELY WITHIN SANTA CLARA CANYON FROM
HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER TODAY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3603 10653 3607 10643 3608 10622 3599 10608
      3590 10612 3581 10618 3561 10632 3566 10654
      3581 10656

$$
GUYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 6:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	92 min
Jul 24, 6:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		52 min
Jul 24, 8:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	116 min
Jul 24, 10:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	116 min
Jul 24, 10:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Socorro, Valencia	119 min
Jul 24, 10:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	119 min
Jul 25, 12:04 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	116 min
Jul 25, 4:04 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		17 hr
Jul 25, 11:24 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	111 min
Jul 25, 12:52 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	57 min
Jul 25, 12:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 25, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 25, 1:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 25, 2:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	71 min
Jul 25, 2:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	90 min
Jul 25, 3:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	2 hr
Jul 25, 3:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	90 min
Jul 25, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	24 min
Jul 25, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	24 min
Jul 25, 4:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	87 min

Nearby

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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.