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Flash Flood Warning 68, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 1, 2011, 6:16 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 89 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 2011, 6:16 PM MDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 1, 2011, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 89 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, Santa Fe County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 7:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 5 Ese Los Alamos, NM | MUD AND ROCKSLIDE ACROSS ROADWAY AT NM4 AND NM502 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 108 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
- 16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
463 WGUS55 KABQ 020016 FFWABQ NMC028-039-043-049-020145- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0068.110902T0016Z-110902T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 616 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 745 PM MDT * AT 612 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS NEAR WHITE ROCK...OR SOUTHEAST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST. AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN WILL FALL THROUGH 745 PM...IMPACTING WHITE ROCK AND SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE. && LAT...LON 3607 10613 3601 10575 3569 10624 3585 10635 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
806 WGUS75 KABQ 020057 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 657 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2011 NMC028-039-043-049-020145- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110902T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-RIO ARRIBA- 657 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND EASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES... AT 654 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN NEAR AND EAST OF WHITE ROCK...OR SOUTHEAST OF LOS ALAMOS. ANOTHER INCH OR RAIN COULD FALL IN A FEW SPOTS THROUGH 745 PM. LOCATIONS POTENTIALLY IMPACTED INCLUDE... SANTA CRUZ... SANTA CLARA PUEBLO... POJOAQUE... POJOAQUE PUEBLO... NAMBE PUEBLO... NAMBE... ESPANOLA... CUNDIYO... CHIMAYO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. KNOW WHERE HIGHER GROUND IS LOCATED. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3607 10613 3601 10575 3569 10624 3585 10635 $$ 40
461 WGUS75 KABQ 020139 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 739 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2011 NMC028-039-043-049-020149- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0068.000000T0000Z-110902T0145Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-RIO ARRIBA- 739 PM MDT THU SEP 1 2011 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND EASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS DIMINISHING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS ENDING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS OVER. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3607 10613 3601 10575 3569 10624 3585 10635 $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 6:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance | 113 min |
| Sep 2, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Sep 2, 4:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 119 min |
| Sep 2, 5:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 118 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.