Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2011
Flash Flood Warning 65, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2011, 2:03 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 87 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
- Aug 27, 2011, 2:03 PM MDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2011, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 87 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 12 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2666 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 4 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -33 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
914 WGUS55 KABQ 272003 FFWABQ NMC028-039-043-272130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0065.110827T2003Z-110827T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 203 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 155 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS WEST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. EXPECT ONE INCH TO ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN IN A FEW LOCATIONS ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE CENTRAL PORTION OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE. THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO LOS ALAMOS...SANTA CLARA CANYON...RIO DEL OSO...CAMP MAY ROAD...QUEMAZAN TRAIL...HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND...INDIAN SERVICE ROUTE 602...BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI CANYON...PERALTA CANYON...DOME WILDERNESS AND EASTERN PORTION OF VALLES CALDERA. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... POTENTIALLY LIFE THREATENING FLOODING OF CREEKS...ROADS AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS IS POSSIBLE. THE HEAVY RAINS WILL LIKELY TRIGGER ROCKSLIDES...MUDSLIDES AND DEBRIS FLOWS IN STEEP TERRAIN... ESPECIALLY NEAR THE BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3609 10650 3606 10626 3559 10630 3567 10657 $$ 40
1 follow-up statement
395 WGUS75 KABQ 272037 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 237 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011 NMC028-039-043-272130- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0065.000000T0000Z-110827T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-RIO ARRIBA- 237 PM MDT SAT AUG 27 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND WESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES... AT 236 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COCHITI LAKE...OR ABOUT 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS...MOVING SOUTH AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... COCHITI PUEBLO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3609 10650 3606 10626 3559 10630 3567 10657 $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 115 min |
| Aug 27, 1:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 110 min |
| Aug 27, 4:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 95 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.