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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2011, 12:54 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 4, 2011, 12:54 PM MDT (18:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 194 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
- 119 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -242 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2175 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
764 WGUS55 KABQ 041854 FFWABQ NMC027-042145- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0039.110804T1854Z-110804T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1254 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 345 PM MDT * AT 1252 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUIDOSO DOWNS...OR JUST EAST OF RUIDOSO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS DRIFTING EAST. UP TO ONE HALF INCH OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN ON THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WHITE FIRE BURN SCAR. THIS WILL IMPACT THE WHITE FIRE BURN SCAR AS WELL AS RUIDOSO DOWNS...HIGHWAY 70...RIO RUIDOSO...ALLISON CANYON AND THE RIVER RANCH RV PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITE FIRE BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3330 10571 3344 10571 3344 10547 3330 10548 $$ 34
2 follow-up statements
479 WGUS75 KABQ 042005 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 205 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 NMC027-042145- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110804T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN- 205 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 158 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN NEAR EASTERN PORTIONS OF WHITE FIRE BURN SCAR. AT 130 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN IN GAVILAN CANYON AS WELL AS PEA SIZE HAIL. RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE WHITE FIRE BURN SCAR AS WELL AS RUIDOSO DOWNS...HIGHWAY 70...RIO RUIDOSO... ALLISON CANYON AND THE RIVER RANCH RV PARK. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A QUARTER OF AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE WARNED AREA. RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITE FIRE BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3330 10571 3344 10571 3344 10547 3330 10548 $$ MT
967 WGUS75 KABQ 042136 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 336 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 NMC027-042146- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-110804T2145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LINCOLN- 336 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY 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 3330 10571 3344 10571 3344 10547 3330 10548 $$ 34
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 117 min |
| Aug 3, 7:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 22 min |
| Aug 3, 7:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 8:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 102 min |
| Aug 4, 12:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 112 min |
| Aug 4, 1:16 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 119 min |
| Aug 4, 2:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 111 min |
| Aug 4, 4:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| Aug 4, 5:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 118 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.