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Flash Flood Warning 15, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 2012Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2012, 1:06 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 24, 2012, 1:06 PM MDT (19:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2012, 3:19 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), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 92 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -43 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-43 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-73 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.

932 
WGUS55 KABQ 241906
FFWABQ
NMC028-043-049-242200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0015.120724T1906Z-120724T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
106 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 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
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 100 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE
  STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST NEAR
  10 MPH. RADAR ESTIMATES AND SURFACE OBSERVATIONS ACROSS THIS AREA
  INDICATE BETWEEN ONE HALF INCH AND ONE INCH OF RAIN HAS FALLEN IN
  THE HEADWATERS OF FRIJOLES CANYON...ALONG THE HIGHWAY 4 AREA FROM
  THE VALLES CALDERA EAST TO HIGHWAY 501...AND ALONG CAMP MAY ROAD.
  ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM FROM THESE LOCATIONS WILL PRODUCE
  ANOTHER ONE HALF INCH TO ONE INCH OF RAIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3596 10654 3592 10632 3578 10619 3570 10628
      3582 10653

$$
GUYER
2 follow-up statements
740 
WGUS75 KABQ 242026
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
226 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

NMC028-043-049-242200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120724T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-
226 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOS
ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
HEAVY RAINFALL HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNING AREA...WITH MAINLY LIGHT
RAIN PERSISTING OVER THE AREA. OBSERVATIONS FROM THE PONDEROSA 
CAMPGROUND ABOVE FRIJOLES CANYON HAVE REPORTED 0.68 INCHES OF RAIN
IN LAST 2 HOURS WITH 0.60 INCHES ABOVE COCHITI CANYON IN THE PAST
1 HOUR. FOREST SERVICE OFFICIAL HAVE INDICATED ANY FLASH FLOODING 
IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE BANDELIER VISITOR CENTER AROUND 3 PM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BANDELIER AND COCHITI CANYONS...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FLOWS
IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3592 10645 3588 10633 3576 10624 3570 10628
      3582 10653

$$
GUYER
758 
WGUS75 KABQ 242119
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
319 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

NMC028-043-049-242129-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0015.000000T0000Z-120724T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-
319 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL WAS ENDING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.
SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING
IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3592 10645 3588 10633 3576 10624 3570 10628
      3582 10653

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Juan2 hr
Jul 24, 12:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe113 min
Jul 24, 2:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval114 min
Jul 24, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley89 min
Jul 24, 3:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley2 hr
Jul 24, 4:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola, McKinley2 hr
Jul 24, 4:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo117 min
Jul 24, 5:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola113 min
Jul 24, 5:29 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo91 min
Jul 24, 5:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQQuay114 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every 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.