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Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 4, 20114 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 4, 2011, 1:16 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 119 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: Aug 4, 2011, 1:16 PM MDT (19:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 4, 2011, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 119 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:17 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 103 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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -159 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1837 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

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

352 
WGUS55 KABQ 041916
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-049-042115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0040.110804T1916Z-110804T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
116 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 115 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS.   
  THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS DRIFTING NORTHEAST. UP TO  
  AN INCH OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ON THE EXTREME NORTHERN    
  PORTIONS OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. UP TO ONE HALF INCH MAY     
  HAVE ALREADY FALLEN ON THE UPPER REACHES OF SANTA CLARA CANYON. 

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
  LIMITED TO LOS ALAMOS...SANTA CLARA CANYON...RIO DEL OSO...CAMP MAY
  ROAD...QUEMAZAN TRAIL..AND HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION  
  TO LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE 
WARNED AREA.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3613 10616 3595 10621 3593 10624 3586 10624
      3582 10618 3582 10619 3583 10623 3585 10624
      3583 10625 3589 10647 3616 10645

$$


34

2 follow-up statements

667 
WGUS75 KABQ 042010
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
210 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

NMC028-039-043-049-042115-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110804T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANTA FE-SANDOVAL-
210 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...SOUTH CENTRAL RIO
ARRIBA AND NORTHERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 207 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR HEAVY RAIN 
HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. 
HOWEVER...ADDITIONAL STORMS MAY DEVELOP IN THE AFTERNOON. 

RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT THE LAS 
CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOS ALAMOS...SANTA 
CLARA CANYON...RIO DEL OSO...CAMP MAY ROAD AND QUEMAZAN TRAIL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3613 10616 3595 10621 3593 10624 3586 10624
      3582 10618 3582 10619 3583 10623 3585 10624
      3583 10625 3589 10647 3616 10645

$$


MT

262 
WGUS75 KABQ 042108
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
308 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

NMC028-039-043-049-042116-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-110804T2115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-RIO ARRIBA-SANTA FE-SANDOVAL-
308 PM MDT THU AUG 4 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN
SANDOVAL...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND
NORTHERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY 
RAINFALL FROM EARLY THIS AFTERNOON HAS ENDED 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. 
HOWEVER...NEW STORMS ARE STARTING TO DEVELOP AND WILL NEED TO BE 
WATCHED. 

LAT...LON 3613 10616 3595 10621 3593 10624 3586 10624
      3582 10618 3582 10619 3583 10623 3585 10624
      3583 10625 3589 10647 3616 10645

$$


MT

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, 12:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
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

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2011 Every 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.