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Flash Flood Warning 14, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 23, 2012Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 23, 2012, 3:10 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, 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: Jul 23, 2012, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 23, 2012, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

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

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -285 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2427 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: 10 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 232110
FFWABQ
NMC028-043-049-232315-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0014.120723T2110Z-120723T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
310 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  LOS ALAMOS 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 515 PM MDT

* AT 308 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS
  ALAMOS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT       
  LIMITED TO LOS ALAMOS...RIO DEL OSO...CAMP MAY ROAD...QUEMAZAN     
  TRAIL..HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO LAS CONCHAS       
  CAMPGROUND..INDIAN SERVICE ROUTE 602 AND EASTERN PORTION OF VALLES 
  CALDERA...BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES                   
  CANYON...COCHITI CANYON...PERALTA CANYON...HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE    
  ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND AND DOME WILDERNESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3577 10664 3595 10656 3594 10630 3580 10618
      3559 10631 3564 10663

$$


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2 follow-up statements

296 
WGUS75 KABQ 232144
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
344 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

NMC028-043-049-232315-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120723T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-
344 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...

AT 339 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 11 MILES SOUTHWEST 
OF LOS ALAMOS...OR OVER THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. THE STORM 
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. AN INCH OF RAIN HAS 
ALREADY BEEN REPORTED AT THE DOME ROAD RAIN GAGE. THIS WATER WILL 
QUICKLY FLOW DOWN THE COCHITI...CAPULIN AND MEDIO CANYONS AS WELL AS 
WEST DOWN THE EAST FORK OF THE JEMEZ RIVER. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH 
OF THESE CANYONS...EVACUATE NOW. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HIGHWAY 4...
  BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...
  FRIJOLES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN 
THE WARNED AREA.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3577 10664 3595 10656 3594 10630 3580 10618
      3559 10631 3564 10663

$$


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266 
WGUS75 KABQ 232312
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
512 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

NMC028-043-049-232320-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0014.000000T0000Z-120723T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-
512 PM MDT MON JUL 23 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 515 PM MDT FOR NORTHWESTERN
SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS 
ENDING ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE LAS CONCHAS BURN 
SCAR. CAPULIN...COCHITI AND MEDIO CANYONS AS WELL AS THE EAST FORK 
OF THE JEMEZ RIVER MAY CONTINUE TO SEE HIGH AND FAST FLOWS THIS 
EVENING...BUT THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED.  THUS...THE 
FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3577 10664 3595 10656 3594 10630 3580 10618
      3559 10631 3564 10663

$$


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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 11:27 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	108 min
Jul 23, 12:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	114 min
Jul 23, 12:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	119 min
Jul 23, 1:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	2 hr
Jul 23, 1:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	114 min
Jul 23, 2:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 23, 2:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	111 min
Jul 23, 2:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 23, 2:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 23, 2:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	116 min
Jul 23, 2:57 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 23, 3:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	117 min
Jul 23, 5:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 23, 5:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	119 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2012 Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.