Flash Flood Warning 60, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 24, 2011, 2:19 PM MDT (20:19 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 2011, 3:45 PM MDT

In force

86 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS55 KABQ 242019
FFWABQ
NMC028-043-242145-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0060.110824T2019Z-110824T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
219 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 345 PM MDT

* AT 212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL
  COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF LOS ALAMOS. THE STORM PRODUCING
  VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING SLOWLY NORTHWEST.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS
IS LIKELY. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES
AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BURN AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3588 10654 3583 10629 3569 10633 3570 10655

$$

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393 
WGUS75 KABQ 242044
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
244 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

NMC028-043-242145-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110824T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-
244 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 345 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE
STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTY...

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 3588 10654 3583 10629 3569 10633 3570 10655

$$

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162 
WGUS75 KABQ 242139
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
339 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

NMC028-043-242149-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0060.000000T0000Z-110824T2145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-
339 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 345 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL 
SANDOVAL AND CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES INCLUDING THE SOUTHERN
HALF OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN SCAR...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING 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.

LAT...LON 3588 10654 3583 10629 3569 10633 3570 10655

$$

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Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2011Every flash flood warning in 2011

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.