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Flash Flood Warning 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2012, 2:15 PM MDT for Catron County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 6, 2012, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2012, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Catron County, NM
The radar
The Tucson radar (KEMX), 231 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:19 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 232 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
- 281 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1928 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
923 WGUS55 KABQ 062015 FFWABQ NMC003-062315- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0025.120806T2015Z-120806T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 215 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 515 PM MDT * AT 212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF PLEASANTON...OR ABOUT 28 MILES SOUTH OF RESERVE. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN MAY HAVE ALREADY FALLEN. ONE INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN IS LITTLE WHITEWATER CREEK...AND HOLT GULCH ON THE WEST SIDE OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR. THIS WILL IMPACT THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO STATE ROAD 159...MOGOLLON AND SILVER CREEK...THE CATWALK...STATE ROAD 174...HIGHWAY 180 BRIDGE AT GLENWOOD OVER WHITEWATER CREEK AND THE FISH HATCHERY...HIGHWAY 180 OVER HOLT GULCH IN PLEASANTON...STATE ROAD 435. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY FIRE BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3338 10893 3338 10871 3321 10866 3321 10892 $$ 34
1 follow-up statement
875 WGUS75 KABQ 062121 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 321 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 NMC003-062315- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0025.000000T0000Z-120806T2315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATRON- 321 PM MDT MON AUG 6 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 515 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY... AT 315 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE HEAVY RAIN OVER THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR HAS DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS UPSTREAM OF THE BURN SCAR SHOULD MOVE OVER THIS AREA THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE... THE THREAT FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUES. RUNOFF FROM THE EARLIER HEAVY RAINS MAY CONTINUE TO IMPACT STATE ROAD 159...THE CATWALK...STATE ROAD 174...HIGHWAY 180 BRIDGE AT GLENWOOD OVER WHITEWATER CREEK AND THE FISH HATCHERY...AND HIGHWAY 180 OVER HOLT GULCH IN PLEASANTON. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE LITTLE WHITEWATER CREEK AND HOLT GULCH. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR... GLENWOOD... PLEASANTON... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY FIRE BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3338 10893 3338 10871 3321 10866 3321 10892 $$ 34
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 118 min |
| Aug 5, 6:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 112 min |
| Aug 5, 8:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 118 min |
| Aug 5, 9:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 113 min |
| Aug 6, 4:03 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 87 min |
| Aug 6, 1:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 113 min |
| Aug 6, 3:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 118 min |
| Aug 6, 4:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
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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.