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Flash Flood Warning 26, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 28, 2011Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 28, 2011, 2:15 PM MDT for Colfax 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 28, 2011, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2011, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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 28, 3:00 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Nne Sugarite, NM	SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF OF UNKNOWN DEPTH TRANSPORTED SIGNIFICANT ASH AND DEBRIS INTO LAKE MALOYA.

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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 292 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -12 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

208 
WGUS55 KABQ 282015
FFWABQ
NMC007-282315-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0026.110728T2015Z-110728T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
215 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING AROUND THE TRACK
  FIRE BURN SCAR. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY 
  STATIONARY.

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE TRACK FIRE BURN SCAR AS WELL AS SUGARITE
  CANYON STATE PARK...INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 455 AND
  459...BARTLETT MESA AND COUNTY ROAD 25

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IN ADDITION TO TORRENTIAL RAINS...STRONG WINDS AND HAIL CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED.

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

DO NOT CAMP ALONG STREAMS AND RIVERS. REMAIN ALERT WHEN HIKING IN
STEEP...NARROW CANYONS.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10430 3691 10432 3689 10440 3691 10450
      3700 10451 3700 10431

$$
GUYER

2 follow-up statements

313 
WGUS75 KABQ 282142
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
342 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011

NMC007-282315-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110728T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLFAX-
342 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY...

AT 336 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING OVER THE TRACK FIRE BURN SCAR. HEAVY
RAINFALL OVER THE PAST 90 MINUTES HAS LIKELY CAUSED FLASH FLOODING
IN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND AROUND THE TRACK FIRE. LOCAL OFFICIALS
WILL BE SURVEYING THE AREA AROUND THE TRACK FIRE TO DETERMINE THE 
EXTENT OF FLASH FLOODING IN THE AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE TRACK 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 3700 10430 3691 10432 3689 10440 3691 10450
      3700 10451 3700 10431

$$
GUYER

732 
WGUS75 KABQ 282307
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
507 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011

NMC007-282317-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0026.000000T0000Z-110728T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLFAX-
507 PM MDT THU JUL 28 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
COLFAX COUNTY...

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.

LAT...LON 3700 10430 3691 10432 3689 10440 3691 10450
      3700 10451 3700 10431

$$
GUYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 12:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	27 min
Jul 28, 12:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, San Miguel, Taos	2 hr
Jul 28, 1:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	30 min
Jul 28, 2:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	43 min
Jul 28, 2:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	2 hr
Jul 28, 2:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	2 hr
Jul 28, 3:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Mora, San Miguel	119 min
Jul 28, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	23 min
Jul 28, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	114 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.