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Flash Flood Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 12, 2011Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 12, 2011, 2:21 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 86 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 12, 2011, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 2011, 3:47 PM MDT
In force
86 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 198 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-07-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-07-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 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.

693 
WGUS55 KABQ 122021
FFWABQ
NMC027-122215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0005.110712T2021Z-110712T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
221 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RUIDOSO DOWNS...OR ABOUT 7
  MILES EAST OF RUIDOSO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS     
  MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE WHITE FIRE BURN SCAR AS WELL AS RUIDOSO
  DOWNS...HIGHWAY 70 AND RIO RUIDOSO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3342 10566 3346 10545 3331 10552 3331 10567

$$

40
2 follow-up statements
414 
WGUS75 KABQ 122112
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
312 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011

NMC027-122215-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110712T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
312 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 306 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR RUIDOSO DOWNS...OR ABOUT 6 MILES EAST OF RUIDOSO...
MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3342 10566 3346 10545 3331 10552 3331 10567

$$

40
162 
WGUS75 KABQ 122147
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
347 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011

NMC027-122156-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0005.000000T0000Z-110712T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
347 PM MDT TUE JUL 12 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY...

MOSTLY JUST LIGHT RAIN WAS FALLING OVER THE WHITE FIRE BURN SCAR 
WITH NO REPORTS OF ANY FLOODING ISSUES. 

LAT...LON 3342 10566 3346 10545 3331 10552 3331 10567

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 12:52 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry, Roosevelt38 min
Jul 12, 2:43 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt32 min
Jul 12, 1:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ31 min
Jul 12, 1:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCatron, Cibola31 min
Jul 12, 1:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola54 min
Jul 12, 3:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley91 min

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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.