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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 22, 2012Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2012, 2:56 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 105 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 22, 2012, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2012, 4:41 PM MDT
In force: 105 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:56 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, 8.9 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.

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: 27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -490 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2433 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 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.

598 
WGUS55 KABQ 222056
FFWABQ
NMC027-222300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0002.120622T2056Z-120622T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
256 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 250 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  FLASH FLOODING FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR AND WEST OF BONITO         
  LAKE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUIDOSO. THE STORM PRODUCING 
  FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED   
  NEAR RUNNELS STABLES...FOREST ROAD 107 HAS BEEN WASHED OUT. THE    
  WATER WILL RUN INTO THE UPPER PORTION OF THE RIO BONITO.

  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.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3353 10579 3351 10567 3345 10572 3340 10580
      3340 10590

$$

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3 follow-up statements

706 
WGUS75 KABQ 222117
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
317 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NMC027-222300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120622T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
317 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 310 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING FLASH
FLOODING NEAR BONITO LAKE...OR ABOUT 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF RUIDOSO. 
A TORRENT OF WATER WAS HEADING TOWARD AND INTO THE WESTERN PORTION 
OF BONITO LAKE. TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO EVACUATE IF YOU ARE NEAR 
THE RIO BONITO OR BONITO LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE HIGH WATER LEVELS AND TORRENTS OF 
WATER WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LITTLE 
BEAR FIRE BURN AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3353 10579 3351 10567 3345 10572 3340 10580
      3340 10590

$$

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844 
WGUS75 KABQ 222143
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
343 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NMC027-222300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120622T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
343 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 340 PM MDT...RADAR SHOWED THE RAIN DIMINISHING NEAR BONITO LAKE.
HOWEVER...LIGHT RAIN AND EXTENSIVE RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE THROUGH
500 PM MDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR 
AREA. 

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3353 10579 3351 10567 3345 10572 3340 10580
      3340 10590

$$

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852 
WGUS75 KABQ 222241
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
441 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NMC027-222251-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120622T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
441 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN
COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS 
DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE ALONG THE RIO BONITO
AND AROUND BONITO LAKE...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS 
ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3353 10579 3351 10567 3345 10572 3340 10580
      3340 10590

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 21, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	31 min
Jun 21, 8:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	26 min
Jun 21, 8:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	39 min
Jun 21, 9:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	111 min
Jun 22, 1:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 22, 1:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 22, 2:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jun 22, 3:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	115 min
Jun 22, 4:29 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	2 hr

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.