Flash Flood Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 3, 2011, 2:51 PM MDT (20:51 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 2011, 4:45 PM MDT

In force

114 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Colfax County, NM

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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332 
WGUS55 KABQ 032051
FFWABQ
NMC007-032245-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0033.110803T2051Z-110803T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
251 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 251 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUGARITE...OR ABOUT NEAR
  RATON. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS 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...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10459 3699 10429 3686 10429 3687 10460

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044 
WGUS75 KABQ 032137
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
337 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

NMC007-032245-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110803T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
COLFAX-
337 PM MDT WED AUG 3 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY...

AT 339 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SUGARITE...OR
ABOUT NEAR RATON. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 
STATIONARY. FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED DEBRIS FLOWING INTO THE TOWN OF 
RATON FROM THE TRACK FIRE. HOWEVER...DRAINAGE ARE CURRENTLY HOLDING 
ALL OF THE DEBRIS.

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...

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

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10459 3699 10429 3686 10429 3687 10460

$$


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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.