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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 19, 2011San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2011, 9:34 PM MDT for San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 86 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 19, 2011, 9:34 PM MDT (03:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2011, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 86 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 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 19, 10:00 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	3 Sse Santa Fe, NM	SANTA FE POLICE REPORTED HOME EVACUATIONS AROUND 1000 PM NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF VALMORA ROAD AND SERAFINA STREET. WATER WAS REPORTED TO BE TWO FEET DEEP AND 40 FEET WIDE. IN ADDITION...VEHICLES ARE STALLED IN TWO FEET OF WATER AT RODEO ROAD AND OLD PECOS TRA

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 00:00Z, 3.6 hours before the alert went out and 96 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: 30 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 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.

640 
WGUS55 KABQ 200334
FFWABQ
NMC047-049-200500-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0049.110820T0334Z-110820T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
934 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1100 PM MDT

* AT 927 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANTA FE...MOVING EAST 
  AT 15 MPH. RAINFALL REPORTS EXCEEDING ONE INCH HAVE ALREADY BEEN 
  REPORTED IN THE SANTA FE AREA AND THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO 
  MOVE EAST. THE SANTA FE POLICE DEPARTMENT REPORTED THAT THE SAN 
  YSIDRO CROSSING WILL BE CLOSED AS A PRECAUTIONARY MEASURE. RAIN 
  RATES UP TO ONE INCH IN THIRTY MINUTES TIME CAN BE EXPECTED WITH 
  THIS THUNDERSTORM. OTHER AREAS THAT WILL BE IMPACTED INCLUDE SUN 
  MOUNTAIN...SHAGGY PEAK...THOMPSON PEAK AS WELL AS ARROYO HONDO AND
  ARROYO DE LA PIEDRA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY
DRY ARROYOS AND STREAMBEDS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...INTERSECTIONS...
AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

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 3581 10584 3578 10569 3570 10564 3560 10565
      3552 10570 3548 10578 3549 10597 3557 10607
      3568 10605 3576 10600

$$

DPORTER

2 follow-up statements

353 
WGUS75 KABQ 200412
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1012 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

NMC047-049-200500-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110820T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA FE-SAN MIGUEL-
1012 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTIES...

BETWEEN 930 AND 1000 PM MDT...SEVERAL SKYWARN SPOTTERS WITHIN THE 
SANTA FE AREA REPORTED RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM 1.10 TO 1.80 INCHES. 
A FEW INTERSECTIONS ON THE SOUTHEASTERN SIDE OF THE METRO HAVE FOUR 
FEET OF STANDING WATER. WATER DEPTH OF THIS NATURE...IF EVEN IT IS 
NOT FLOWING...IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND PERSONS SHOULD NOT DRIVE 
THROUGH FLOOD WATERS. MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

AT 1008 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN HAS DIMINISHED SIGNIFICANTLY. 
HOWEVER FLASH FLOODING IS STILL POSSIBLE AS WATER FROM THE HIGHER 
TERRAIN MOVES TOWARD THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. PERSONS SHOULD AVOID ALL 
ARROYOS AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS LATE THIS EVENING.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3574 10597 3577 10580 3574 10574 3570 10569
      3564 10567 3558 10571 3554 10581 3553 10593
      3557 10607 3568 10605

$$

DPORTER

800 
WGUS75 KABQ 200441
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1041 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

NMC047-049-200500-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-110820T0500Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANTA FE-SAN MIGUEL-
1041 PM MDT FRI AUG 19 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT FOR
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTIES...

AT 1025 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED EVACUATIONS 
RELATED TO FLASH FLOODING AT THE INTERSECTION OF VALMORA ROAD AND 
SERAFINA STREET. FLOOD WATERS WERE TWO FEET DEEP AND 40 FEET WIDE. 
IN ADDITION...VEHICLES WERE STALLED IN TWO FEET OF WATER NEAR RODEO 
ROAD AND OLD PECOS TRAIL. PERSONS IN THE SANTA FE METRO AREA SHOULD 
AVOID FLOOD WATERS AT ALL COSTS AS MOST FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN 
AUTOMOBILES.

AT 1035 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ADDITIONAL STORMS DEVELOPING WEST OF THE SANTA FE AREA. THIS MAY 
EXACERBATE THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL...ESPECIALLY ON THE SOUTH END 
OF TOWN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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 3574 10597 3577 10580 3574 10574 3570 10569
      3564 10567 3558 10571 3554 10581 3553 10593
      3557 10607 3568 10605

$$

DPORTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 6:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	2 hr
Aug 19, 8:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	118 min
Aug 19, 9:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	45 min
Aug 19, 9:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	85 min
Aug 19, 11:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	119 min
Aug 19, 11:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	2 hr
Aug 20, 12:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	111 min
Aug 20, 12:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 20, 1:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	108 min
Aug 20, 3:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	2 hr
Aug 20, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	23 min
Aug 20, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	36 min
Aug 20, 4:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	85 min
Aug 20, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	27 min
Aug 20, 5:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	82 min
Aug 20, 5:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	23 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.