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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 13, 2011McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2011, 1:06 PM MDT for McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 114 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Aug 13, 2011, 1:06 PM MDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 13, 2011, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County McKinley County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:08 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 13, 2:00 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	Gallup, NM	WATER HALFWAY UP VEHICLES ALONG MALONEY AVENUE FROM FIRST TO SIXTH STREETS. SEVERAL INTERSECTIONS WERE CLOSED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2148 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

489 
WGUS55 KABQ 131906
FFWABQ
NMC031-132100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0047.110813T1906Z-110813T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
106 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 104 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13
  MILES NORTHEAST OF CHURCH ROCK TO 8 MILES NORTH OF CHURCH ROCK TO
  GALLUP...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 19 MILES WEST OF CROWNPOINT
  TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALLUP TO GALLUP...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 5
  MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY...AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3568 10839 3560 10842 3558 10851 3552 10860
      3547 10867 3547 10874 3552 10880 3558 10882
      3564 10878 3572 10869 3576 10858 3575 10844

$$

DPORTER

2 follow-up statements

173 
WGUS75 KABQ 132010
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
210 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

NMC031-132100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110813T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCKINLEY-
210 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
MCKINLEY COUNTY...

AT 203 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.  
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES 
NORTHEAST OF CHURCH ROCK TO GALLUP...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 
14 MILES NORTHEAST OF GALLUP TO GALLUP...MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  INTERSTATE 40...
  RED ROCK STATE PARK...
  ROUTES 15 AND 43...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR
LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO FLOODED ROAD
CROSSINGS EVEN HOURS LATER.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

&&

LAT...LON 3568 10839 3560 10842 3558 10851 3552 10860
      3547 10867 3547 10874 3552 10880 3558 10882
      3564 10878 3572 10869 3576 10858 3575 10844

$$

DPORTER

091 
WGUS75 KABQ 132105
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
305 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

NMC031-132113-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-110813T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCKINLEY-
305 PM MDT SAT AUG 13 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVIEST 
RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...HOWEVER ADDITIONAL 
THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY STILL OCCUR 
THROUGH THE LATE AFTERNOON HOURS. MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE... 
BUT THE IMMEDIATE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED. THUS...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3568 10839 3560 10842 3558 10851 3552 10860
      3547 10867 3547 10874 3552 10880 3558 10882
      3564 10878 3572 10869 3576 10858 3575 10844

$$

DPORTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 6:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	89 min
Aug 12, 6:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	27 min
Aug 12, 7:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	90 min
Aug 12, 9:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	113 min
Aug 12, 11:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	117 min
Aug 13, 12:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	26 min
Aug 13, 12:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	112 min
Aug 13, 1:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	119 min
Aug 13, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Aug 13, 1:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	2 hr
Aug 13, 2:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	119 min
Aug 13, 2:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 13, 3:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Aug 13, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
Aug 13, 3:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	37 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.