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Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 5, 2011Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 5, 2011, 1:56 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Sandoval 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 5, 2011, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2011, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:56 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 81 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: 104 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -182 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 34 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.

028 
WGUS55 KABQ 051956
FFWABQ
NMC028-043-052300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0042.110805T1956Z-110805T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
156 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 152 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8
  MILES NORTHWEST OF FRIJOLES TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF COCHITI LAKE...
  OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOS ALAMOS TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  LOS ALAMOS. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY
  STATIONARY.

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
  LIMITED TO BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI
  CANYON...PERALTA CANYON...HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO
  LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND AND DOME WILDERNESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3583 10625 3571 10625 3561 10635 3564 10650
      3570 10654 3583 10647 3588 10640

$$

DPORTER

2 follow-up statements

799 
WGUS75 KABQ 052052
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
252 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

NMC028-043-052300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110805T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-
252 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 247 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING.  THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT TO
COCHITI LAKE...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LOS ALAMOS TO 15 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH.

ADDITIONAL STORMS TO THE WEST MAY IMPACT THE BURN SCAR IN THE NEXT 
30 TO 60 MINUTES. THIS COULD EXACERBATE THE FLOODING SITUATION.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3583 10625 3571 10625 3561 10635 3564 10650
      3570 10654 3583 10647 3588 10640

$$

DPORTER

207 
WGUS75 KABQ 052235
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
435 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

NMC028-043-052300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-110805T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-
435 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL HAS DIMINISHED OVER THE LAS CONCHAS BURN 
SCAR...SIGNIFICANT RUNOFF IS STILL LIKELY THROUGH 500 PM MDT OVER 
THE REGION.

THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT  
LIMITED TO BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI  
CANYON...PERALTA CANYON...HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO  
LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND AND DOME WILDERNESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3583 10625 3571 10625 3561 10635 3564 10650
      3570 10654 3583 10647 3588 10640

$$

DPORTER

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 4, 7:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	113 min
Aug 5, 12:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	112 min
Aug 5, 12:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 5, 1:28 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 5, 1:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	116 min
Aug 5, 2:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	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.