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Flash Flood Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 2012Cibola County, McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 24, 2012, 3:14 PM MST for Cibola County, McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 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: Jul 24, 2012, 3:14 PM MST (22:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2012, 5:15 PM MST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Cibola County, NM, McKinley County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Jul 24, 5:05 PM MST	FLASH FLOOD	5 N Pine Hill, NM	RESERVATION ROAD 135 COMPLETELY FLOODED AND IMPASSABLE NEAR HIGHWAY 53.

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 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 168 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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

835 
WGUS55 KABQ 242214
FFWABQ
NMC006-031-250015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0016.120724T2214Z-120725T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
414 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTH CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT

* AT 406 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAMAH...OR ABOUT 23 MILES
  EAST OF ZUNI PUEBLO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY
  STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAS
  FALLEN IN THIS AREA IN ABOUT 1 HOUR. FLASH FLOODING IS IMMINENT
  ALONG RESERVATION ROAD 48A...TOGEYE CANYON...AND ALONG HIGHWAY 
  53 BETWEEN RAMAH AND RESERVATION ROAD 135. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA TAKE IMMEDIATE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT
LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 10848 3517 10841 3511 10835 3504 10845
      3511 10851

$$
GUYER

2 follow-up statements

098 
WGUS75 KABQ 242258
FFSABQ

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

NMC006-031-250015-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120725T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CIBOLA-MCKINLEY-
458 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL MCKINLEY AND NORTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTIES...

AT 451 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY
HEAVY RAIN NEAR RAMAH...OR ABOUT 21 MILES EAST OF ZUNI PUEBLO. THE
STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. EMERGENCY
COORDINATORS HAVE REPORTED FLOODING OVER RESERVATION ROAD 135 NEAR
HIGHWAY 53 AND THE ROAD IS IMPASSABLE. LIGHT TO MODERATE RAINFALL
WILL CONTINUE OVER THIS AREA...THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT
REMAINS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3518 10848 3517 10841 3511 10835 3504 10845
      3511 10851

$$
GUYER

359 
WGUS75 KABQ 250021
FFSABQ

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

NMC006-031-250031-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0016.000000T0000Z-120725T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CIBOLA-MCKINLEY-
621 PM MDT TUE JUL 24 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MCKINLEY AND
NORTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS
DIMINISHING. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG RESERVATION ROAD
135 AND ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 53.

LAT...LON 3518 10848 3517 10841 3511 10835 3504 10845
      3511 10851

$$
GUYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 5:12 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	2 hr
Jul 24, 11:37 AM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	113 min
Jul 24, 12:06 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 24, 1:06 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	114 min
Jul 24, 2:31 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	89 min
Jul 24, 2:59 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	2 hr
Jul 24, 3:48 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	117 min
Jul 24, 4:22 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	113 min
Jul 24, 4:29 PM MST	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	91 min
Jul 24, 4:51 PM MST	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	114 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.