Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 16, 2012, 1:11 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 109 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
- Jun 16, 2012, 1:11 PM MDT (19:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 109 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:15 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 45 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2556 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 10 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 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.
827
WGUS55 KABQ 161911
FFWABQ
NMC027-162100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0001.120616T1911Z-120616T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
111 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 300 PM MDT
* AT 110 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE NORTH AT 5
MPH OVER THE LITTLE BEAR AND WHITE FIRE BURN SCARS...INCLUDING
RUIDOSO DOWNS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THESE STORMS WILL AVERAGE
LESS THAN ONE HALF INCH...BUT SPOTTY TOTALS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH
ARE EXPECTED AND WILL HAVE IMPACTS ON EXISTING BURN SCAR AREAS.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 70 FROM BISCUIT HILL TO RIVERSIDE OR FROM MILE
POSTS 267 TO 300...AND HIGHWAY 48 FROM RUIDOSO TO ESCUDILLA RANCH
OR FROM MILE POSTS 0 TO 17. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE HIGHWAY
48 AT SKI RUN ROAD...EAGLE CREEK...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 37 AND
48...RIO BONITO...AND ESCUDILLA...MAGADO CREEK.
EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL IN UPSTREAM WATERSHEDS WILL RESULT IN RAPID
AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOWS ALONG THE RIO RUIDOSO...EAGLE
CREEK...LITTLE CREEK...MAGADO CREEK...RIO BONITO AND THE RIO HONDO
FROM THE HIGHWAY 70 AND 380 JUNCTION TO RIVERSIDE. PLEASE CONTACT
LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND ROUTES.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE WHITE FIRE BURN SCAR AS WELL AS RUIDOSO
DOWNS...HIGHWAY 70 AND RIO RUIDOSO.
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 3331 10574 3338 10574 3338 10583 3339 10583
3347 10583 3353 10548 3329 10547 3330 10573
$$4 follow-up statements
578
WGUS75 KABQ 161940
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
140 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
NMC027-162100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120616T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
140 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 130 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS
OVER THE BURN SCARED AREAS. THE STORMS WERE TRENDING DOWN...BUT
COULD STILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ON QUARTER INCH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONITO LAKE...
FORT STANTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LITTLE BEAR AND WHITE
FIRE BURN SCAR AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 10574 3338 10574 3338 10583 3339 10583
3347 10583 3353 10548 3329 10547 3330 10573
$$256
WGUS75 KABQ 161940 CCA
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
140 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
NMC027-162100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120616T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
140 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 130 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS
OVER THE BURN SCARRED AREAS. THE STORMS WERE TRENDING DOWN...BUT
COULD STILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ON QUARTER INCH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONITO LAKE...
FORT STANTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LITTLE BEAR AND WHITE
FIRE BURN SCAR AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 10574 3338 10574 3338 10583 3339 10583
3347 10583 3353 10548 3329 10547 3330 10573
$$135
WGUS75 KABQ 161943 CCB
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
143 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
NMC027-162100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120616T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
143 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 130 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING MODERATE TO OCCASIONAL
HEAVY DOWNPOURS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS
OVER THE BURN SCARRED AREAS. THE STORMS WERE TRENDING DOWN...BUT
COULD STILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL ONE QUARTER INCH.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONITO LAKE...
FORT STANTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LITTLE BEAR AND WHITE
FIRE BURN SCAR AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 10574 3338 10574 3338 10583 3339 10583
3347 10583 3353 10548 3329 10547 3330 10573
$$655
WGUS75 KABQ 162056
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
256 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
NMC027-162105-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0001.000000T0000Z-120616T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
256 PM MDT SAT JUN 16 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
TRENDING DOWN 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 3331 10574 3338 10574 3338 10583 3339 10583
3347 10583 3353 10548 3329 10547 3330 10573
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 6:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 32 min |
| Jun 15, 7:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 51 min |
| Jun 15, 8:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 30 min |
| Jun 15, 8:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 12:17 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 12:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Roosevelt | 113 min |
| Jun 16, 12:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 119 min |
| Jun 16, 12:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 12:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 1:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 49 min |
| Jun 16, 3:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 3:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 3:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 3:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 4:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 26 min |
| Jun 16, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 5:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 30 min | |
| Jun 16, 5:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 42 min |
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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.