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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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.
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.
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.
- 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
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
$$
GUYER2 follow-up statements
925
WGUS75 KABQ 262020
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
220 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011
NMC028-039-043-049-262215-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-110826T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-RIO ARRIBA-
220 PM MDT FRI AUG 26 2011
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL AND LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...
AT 206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING OVER NORTHERN SECTIONS OF THE LAS
CONCHAS BURN SCAR AROUND SANTA CLARA CANYON. HOWEVER...STRONG AND
FAST FLOWS ARE STILL LIKELY FARTHER DOWNSTREAM IN SANTA CLARA
CANYON. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS
OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR WITHIN FRIJOLES...COCHITI...AND BLAND
CANYONS WILL CONTINUE THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING.
LAT...LON 3609 10633 3606 10611 3601 10608 3596 10609
3581 10620 3568 10632 3565 10631 3561 10634
3555 10637 3567 10660 3580 10657 3609 10651
$$
GUYER270
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
$$
GUYERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 115 min |
| Aug 26, 2:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 119 min |
| Aug 26, 3:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, San Juan | 112 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.