Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2011, 4:04 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 116 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 27, 2011, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 116 min
- 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), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 100 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
- 1517 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
917 WGUS55 KABQ 272204 FFWABQ NMC028-039-043-280000- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0025.110727T2204Z-110728T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 404 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 354 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE STORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL RATES AROUND ONE INCH PER HOUR OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. THE HEAVY RAINFALL WILL LIKELY CAUSE EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND DEBRIS FLOWS. 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... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3600 10652 3602 10629 3583 10631 3583 10651 $$ KW
2 follow-up statements
052 WGUS75 KABQ 272312 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 512 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2011 NMC028-039-043-280000- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110728T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL- 512 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES... AT 506 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE THUNDERSTORM INTENSITY WAS WEAKENING BUT ADDITIONAL LIGHT TO LOCALLY MODERATE RAINFALL IS EXPECTED TO IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF AND DEBRIS FLOWS ARE STILL EXPECTED..ESPECIALLY OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF THE BURN SCAR. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY... RURAL EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN AREA. BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && LAT...LON 3600 10652 3602 10629 3583 10631 3583 10651 $$ KW
495 WGUS75 KABQ 272356 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 556 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2011 NMC028-039-043-280004- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-110728T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANDOVAL- 556 PM MDT WED JUL 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...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. SOME RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINFALL OVER THE NORTHERN PORTION OF BURN SCAR MAY STILL OCCUR OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF HOURS. SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL PERSIST IN THE VICINITY OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR THROUGH SUNSET BEFORE DIMINISHING. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM A TRACE TO A FEW HUNDREDTHS OF AN INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE. LAT...LON 3600 10652 3602 10629 3583 10631 3583 10651 $$ KW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 26, 6:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 112 min |
| Jul 26, 6:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, San Juan | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 6:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 27, 7:37 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 12 hr | |
| Jul 27, 3:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 115 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.