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Flash Flood Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 3, 2012, 1:37 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 75 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
- Aug 3, 2012, 1:37 PM MDT (19:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2012, 2:52 PM MDT
- In force
- 75 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 99 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
548 WGUS55 KABQ 031937 FFWABQ NMC028-039-043-049-032130- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0022.120803T1937Z-120803T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 137 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 330 PM MDT * AT 131 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR LOS ALAMOS. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NOVING TO THE EAST/NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. EXPECT BETWEEN 0.75 TO 1.25 INCHES OF RAINFALL FROM THIS STORM. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. && LAT...LON 3594 10637 3594 10619 3585 10620 3585 10642 $$ 50
2 follow-up statements
100 WGUS75 KABQ 032023 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 223 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012 NMC028-039-043-049-032130- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120803T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-RIO ARRIBA- 223 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES... AT 214 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN NEAR LOS ALAMOS. THE STORM IS WEAKENING. THE QUEMAZON GAUGE REPORTED 1.3 INCHES IN 30 MINUTES. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL WILL RANGE BETWEEN A TENTH TO A QUARTER OF AN INCH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... NORTHERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO FLOODED ROAD CROSSINGS EVEN HOURS LATER. && LAT...LON 3594 10637 3594 10619 3585 10620 3585 10642 $$ 50
088 WGUS75 KABQ 032052 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 252 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012 NMC028-039-043-049-032102- /O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0022.000000T0000Z-120803T2130Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-RIO ARRIBA- 252 PM MDT FRI AUG 3 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND CENTRAL 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 3594 10637 3594 10619 3585 10620 3585 10642 $$ 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, 12:54 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| 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, 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.