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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 26, 20114 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2011, 1:21 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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 26, 2011, 1:21 PM MDT (19:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 26, 2011, 3:24 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 93 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-08-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-08-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 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.

623 
WGUS55 KABQ 261921
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-049-262215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0064.110826T1921Z-110826T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
121 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 112 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE HEADWATERS OF SANTA
  CLARA CANYON NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS. ANOTHER AREA OF HEAVY RAIN HAS 
  FALLEN OVER THE HEADWATERS OF BLAND...COCHITI...AND FRIJOLES 
  CANYONS SOUTH OF LOS ALAMOS. THESE STORMS WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE PORTIONS OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR... 
  INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO SANTA CLARA CANYON...BANDELIER
  NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI CANYON...PERALTA
  CANYON...DOME WILDERNESS AND EASTERN PORTIONS OF VALLES CALDERA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

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

ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

LAT...LON 3609 10633 3606 10611 3601 10608 3596 10609
      3581 10620 3568 10632 3565 10631 3561 10634
      3555 10637 3567 10660 3580 10657 3609 10651

$$
GUYER
2 follow-up statements
925 
WGUS75 KABQ 262020
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
220 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

NMC028-039-043-049-262215-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110826T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-RIO ARRIBA-
220 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL AND LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE LAS 
CONCHAS BURN SCAR AROUND SANTA CLARA CANYON. HOWEVER...STRONG AND 
FAST FLOWS ARE STILL LIKELY FARTHER DOWNSTREAM IN SANTA CLARA
CANYON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS 
OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR WITHIN FRIJOLES...COCHITI...AND BLAND 
CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.

LAT...LON 3609 10633 3606 10611 3601 10608 3596 10609
      3581 10620 3568 10632 3565 10631 3561 10634
      3555 10637 3567 10660 3580 10657 3609 10651

$$
GUYER
270 
WGUS75 KABQ 262124
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
324 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

NMC028-039-043-049-262134-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110826T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-RIO ARRIBA-
324 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO
ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...

LAT...LON 3609 10633 3606 10611 3601 10608 3596 10609
      3581 10620 3568 10632 3565 10631 3561 10634
      3555 10637 3567 10660 3580 10657 3609 10651

$$
GUYER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 12:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe115 min
Aug 26, 2:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax119 min
Aug 26, 3:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, San Juan112 min

Nearby

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

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.