Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 11, 2011, 4:33 PM MDT for Catron County, Cibola County, McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 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 11, 2011, 4:33 PM MDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2011, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, McKinley County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:33 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 188 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.
252 WGUS55 KABQ 112233 FFWABQ NMC003-006-031-120030- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0004.110711T2233Z-110712T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 433 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WEST CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTH CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 630 PM MDT * AT 428 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM FENCE LAKE NORTH TO 12 MILES EAST OF ZUNI PUEBLO TO UPPER NUTRIA. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR AND ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES IS POSSIBLE. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING IN DRAINAGES LEADING UNDER HIGHWAY 36...ALONG HIGHWAY 53 NEAR PESCADO...AND HIGHWAY 602. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE. && LAT...LON 3533 10879 3534 10849 3449 10847 3447 10875 $$ GUYER
2 follow-up statements
691 WGUS75 KABQ 112335 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 535 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 NMC003-006-031-120030- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110712T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATRON-MCKINLEY-CIBOLA- 535 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CIBOLA...SOUTH CENTRAL MCKINLEY AND NORTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTIES... AT 530 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 8 MILES EAST OF ZUNI PUEBLO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST AROUND 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... HIGHWAY 36 BETWEEN FENCE LAKE AND HIGHWAY 53... HIGHWAY 53 BETWEEN ZUNI PUEBLO AND PESCADO... HIGHWAY 602 BETWEEN HIGHWAY 53 AND VANDERWAGEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS EXPECTED. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637. && LAT...LON 3533 10879 3534 10849 3449 10847 3447 10875 $$ GUYER
610 WGUS75 KABQ 120022 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 622 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 NMC003-006-031-120033- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-110712T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATRON-MCKINLEY-CIBOLA- 622 PM MDT MON JUL 11 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL CIBOLA...SOUTH CENTRAL MCKINLEY AND NORTH CENTRAL CATRON 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. LAT...LON 3533 10879 3534 10849 3449 10847 3447 10875 $$ 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, 3:09 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 11, 4:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley | 3 hr |
| 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
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.