Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2011, 2:19 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 94 min. 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 7, 2011, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2011, 3:53 PM MDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Colfax County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 289 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2535 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
778
WGUS55 KABQ 072019
FFWABQ
NMC007-072215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0002.110707T2019Z-110707T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
219 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT
* AT 214 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE TRACK FIRE BURN SCAR
NEAR SUGARITE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RATON. THE STORM
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE TRACK FIRE BURN AREA.
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS FALLING OVER HORSE MESA ON THE EAST SIDE OF
HIGHWAY 526. THIS STORM MAY DEVELOP FARTHER WEST ONTO THE BARTLETT
MESA THROUGH 300 PM.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10429 3691 10430 3690 10436 3690 10443
3690 10446 3692 10449 3696 10450 3700 10449
$$3 follow-up statements
372
WGUS75 KABQ 072039
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
239 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011
NMC007-072215-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110707T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLFAX-
239 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY...
AT 230 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SUGARITE HAS MOVED SOUTH
OF THE MAIN TRACK FIRE BURN AREA. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES THAT BETWEEN 0.5
AND 1.0 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN OVER THE AREA.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE TRACK FIRE BURN SCAR ALONG AND EAST
OF HIGHWAY 526 WITHIN SUGARITE CANYON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE QUARTER INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE TRACK FIRE BURN AREA.
TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10429 3691 10430 3690 10436 3690 10443
3690 10446 3692 10449 3696 10450 3700 10449
$$259
WGUS75 KABQ 072121
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
321 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011
NMC007-072215-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110707T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLFAX-
321 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY...
AT 312 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED THE HEAVIEST
RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY
OCCURRED ALONG HIGHWAY 526 SOUTH OF SUGARITE AND ALONG HIGHWAY 72
EAST OF HIGHWAY 526. THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS LIKELY IMPACTED
THE AREA ALONG THE EAST SIDE OF HORSE MESA EAST OF THE SUGARITE
CANYON. HEAVY RAINFALL IN THIS AREA MAY IMPACT TRIBUTARIES LEADING
INTO ARROYOS THAT CROSS HIGHWAY 72 AT YANKEE...OR ALONG HIGHWAY
72 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 526 AND MANCO BURRO PASS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3690 10440 3692 10440 3694 10444 3697 10445
3700 10446 3700 10429 3691 10430 3690 10436
$$377
WGUS75 KABQ 072153
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
353 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011
NMC007-072200-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-110707T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLFAX-
353 PM MDT THU JUL 7 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL
COLFAX COUNTY...
COLFAX COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED MINOR FLOODING WITHIN
DRAINAGES LEADING OFF THE EAST SLOPE OF HORSE MESA ONTO HIGHWAY 72
AROUND YANKEE...HOWEVER NO FLASH FLOODING WAS REPORTED. HEAVY
RAINFALL HAS MOVED OUT OF THIS AREA...THEREFORE THE THREAT FOR FLASH
FLOODING HAS ENDED AND THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO
EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3690 10440 3692 10440 3694 10444 3697 10445
3700 10446 3700 10429 3691 10430 3690 10436
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 12:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
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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.