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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 3, 2012Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2012, 12:54 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval 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: Aug 3, 2012, 12:54 PM MDT (18:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 3, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 107 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:56 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 109 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: 4 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -399 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -4 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.

875 
WGUS55 KABQ 031854
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-032100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0021.120803T1854Z-120803T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1254 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 300 PM MDT

* AT 1247 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN
  SANDOVAL COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS...MOVING
  EAST AT 8 MPH. THE STORM WAS ESPECIALLY IMPACTING SANTA CLARA
  CANYON AND THE PUEBLO AREA. EXPECT BETWEEN 0.5 TO 1.0 INCHES OF
  RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM. 

LAT...LON 3603 10619 3594 10620 3594 10637 3603 10637

$$
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2 follow-up statements

694 
WGUS75 KABQ 031947
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
147 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012

NMC028-039-043-032100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120803T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-RIO ARRIBA-
147 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL AND EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 139 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN OVER EXTREME
NORTHEASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY...OR ABOUT 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF LOS
ALAMOS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE 
EAST/NORTHEAST AT 8 MPH. RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL GENERALLY RANGE 
BETWEEN 0.8 TO 1.4 INCHES ACROSS THE GREATER SANTA CLARA CANYON. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY...
  RURAL EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.

&&

LAT...LON 3603 10619 3594 10620 3594 10637 3603 10637

$$
50

858 
WGUS75 KABQ 032051
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
251 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012

NMC028-039-043-032100-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120803T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-RIO ARRIBA-
251 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL AND EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS
DIMINISHING. WATER FLOW WITHIN SANTA CLARA CANYON INCREASED 1 
FOOT BUT REMAINED WITHIN THE CHANNEL. 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 3603 10619 3594 10620 3594 10637 3603 10637

$$
50

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 7:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	117 min
Aug 2, 8:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	34 min
Aug 2, 9:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	7 min
Aug 2, 9:27 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	108 min
Aug 3, 10:58 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		8 hr
Aug 3, 12:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	114 min
Aug 3, 1:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Aug 3, 1:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 3, 1:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Aug 3, 1:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	75 min
Aug 3, 2:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval	113 min
Aug 3, 2:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	2 hr
Aug 3, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	32 min
Aug 3, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe	25 min
Aug 3, 4:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	89 min
Aug 3, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	46 min
Aug 3, 5:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	15 min
Aug 3, 5:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	33 min

Nearby

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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.