Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 13, 2012, 3:08 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 13, 2012, 3:08 PM MDT (21:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2012, 5:30 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), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:09 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, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1849 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -4 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.
034
WGUS55 KABQ 132108
FFWABQ
NMC028-039-043-132330-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0028.120813T2108Z-120813T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
308 PM MDT MON AUG 13 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
SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 530 PM MDT
* AT 300 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS 14 MILES WEST OF SANTA CLARA
PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF LOS ALAMOS. THE
STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE TRAINING OVER THE SAME
AREA REPEATEDLY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO SANTA CLARA CANYON...MESA DE LA GALLINA...THE
WEINPOVI DAM...AND THE PIN DEE DAM ALONG THE SANTA CLARA CANYON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR
LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3608 10645 3606 10619 3598 10607 3595 10607
3593 10620 3599 10644
$$
SHOEMAKE2 follow-up statements
531
WGUS75 KABQ 132250
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
450 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2012
NMC028-039-043-132330-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120813T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-RIO ARRIBA-
450 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL AND EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...
AT 444 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR SANTA CLARA
PUEBLO...OR ABOUT NEAR ESPANOLA. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN
WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY...
RURAL NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY...
SANTA CLARA CANYON...
SANTA CLARA PUEBLO...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR
LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO FLOODED ROAD
CROSSINGS EVEN HOURS LATER.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. KNOW WHERE HIGHER GROUND IS LOCATED.
TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.
&&
LAT...LON 3608 10645 3606 10619 3598 10607 3595 10607
3593 10620 3599 10644
$$
SHOEMAKE250
WGUS75 KABQ 132327
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
527 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2012
NMC028-039-043-132336-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-120813T2330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-RIO ARRIBA-
527 PM MDT MON AUG 13 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO
ARRIBA...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. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY
EVENING...BUT THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3608 10645 3606 10619 3598 10607 3595 10607
3593 10620 3599 10644
$$
SHOEMAKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 6:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance | 112 min |
| Aug 12, 6:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 6:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia | 2 hr |
| Aug 12, 7:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, Lincoln, San Miguel, Torrance | 109 min |
| Aug 12, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 12, 8:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 63 min |
| Aug 12, 9:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 117 min |
| Aug 13, 1:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 2 hr |
| Aug 13, 4:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 116 min |
| Aug 13, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 48 min |
| Aug 13, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 42 min |
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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.