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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2011, 3:09 PM MDT for Catron 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 11, 2011, 3:09 PM MDT (21:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2011, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Catron County, NM
The radar
The Flagstaff radar (KFSX), 238 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 11, 4:23 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Luna, NM | UNAMED ARROYO FEEDING INTO THE SAN FRANCISCO RIVER BECAME FLOODED NEAR THE LUNA POST OFFICE. PROPERTY DAMAGE IN A NEARBY YARD ALSO REPORTED. |
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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 248 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
- 22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -250 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1981 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -22 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
891 WGUS55 KABQ 112109 FFWABQ NMC003-120000- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0003.110711T2109Z-110712T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM ISSUED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EL PASO TX 309 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... * UNTIL 600 PM MDT * AT 308 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE WALLOW BURN SCAR WHICH COULD ENHANCE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING AND MUD SLIDES. * RUNOFF FROM THIS EXCESSIVE RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING TO OCCUR. SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE... RESERVE...ALMA...GLENWOOD...LUNA...MOGOLLON...PLEASANTON AND SAN FRANCISCO PLAZA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE. && LAT...LON 3411 10877 3322 10848 3322 10895 3412 10905 $$ JMG
2 follow-up statements
333 WGUS75 KABQ 112302 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 502 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 NMC003-120000- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110712T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATRON- 502 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY... AT 454 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED PROPERTY DAMAGE FROM FLASH FLOODING NEAR THE LUNA POST OFFICE. THE BULK OF THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE AREA...HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING IS STILL LIKELY ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 180 BETWEEN THE ARIZONA STATE LINE...LUNA...AND GLENWOOD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. && LAT...LON 3411 10877 3322 10848 3322 10895 3412 10905 $$ GUYER
039 WGUS75 KABQ 112355 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 555 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 NMC003-120006- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-110712T0000Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATRON- 555 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING 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 3411 10877 3322 10848 3322 10895 3412 10905 $$ GUYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 12:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 1:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 2:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:33 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley | 117 min |
| Jul 11, 4:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 11, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 5:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, San Juan | 2 hr |
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.