Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 29, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2012, 7:20 PM MDT for Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2012, 7:20 PM MDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 10:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:22 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 7:35 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 6 N Edgewood, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 42 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
- 96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -69 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2733 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
811 WGUS55 KABQ 170120 FFWABQ NMC049-057-170415- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0029.120817T0120Z-120817T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 720 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 1015 PM MDT * AT 715 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AT THE INTERSECTION OF FROST ROAD AND ROUTE 344 IN NORTHERN EDGEWOOD...OR ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MORIARTY. THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS OVER EDGEWOOD AND MOVING SLOWLY TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST. THE STORM PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN AS FAR NORTH AS GOLDEN...WHERE FLASH FLOODING MAY ALSO BE OCCURRING IN SPOTS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EDGEWOOD AREA. MORE RAIN MAY ALSO MOVE OVER GOLDEN FROM THE NORTHWEST. DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. && LAT...LON 3528 10625 3529 10606 3501 10605 3500 10622 $$
3 follow-up statements
182 WGUS75 KABQ 170202 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 802 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012 NMC049-057-170415- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120817T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA FE-TORRANCE- 802 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL TORRANCE AND SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES... AT 735 PM MDT...SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING CONTINUING FROM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT CROSSED FROM GOLDEN TO EDGEWOOD EARLIER IN THE EVENING. A VEHICLE WAS TRAPPED IN FLOOD WATERS ON ROUTE 344 JUST NORTH OF FROST ROAD. ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA...DANGEROUS RUNOFF AND PONDING WILL CONTINUE. ADDITIONAL LIGHT RAIN ACCUMULATION WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH 9 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... GOLDEN... EDGEWOOD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3528 10624 3529 10606 3501 10605 3500 10622 $$
004 WGUS75 KABQ 170314 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 914 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012 NMC049-057-170415- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120817T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA FE-TORRANCE- 914 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1015 PM MDT FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE AND SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES... AT 906 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR DEPICTED MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE WARNED AREA FROM THE WEST. GOLDEN MAY RECEIVE AN ADDITIONAL TENTH OF AN INCH OF RAIN BEFORE 10 PM. HEAVIER RAIN WILL CROSS EDGEWOOD...WHERE UP TO A HALF INCH OF ADDITIONAL RAINFALL MAY ACCUMULATE BY 10 PM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... EDGEWOOD... GOLDEN... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. && LAT...LON 3528 10624 3529 10606 3501 10605 3500 10622 $$
038 WGUS75 KABQ 170421 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1021 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012 NMC049-057-170431- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0029.000000T0000Z-120817T0415Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA FE-TORRANCE- 1021 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE AND SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. LAT...LON 3528 10624 3529 10606 3501 10605 3500 10622 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 6:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 109 min |
| Aug 16, 6:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 45 min |
| Aug 16, 6:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 55 min |
| Aug 16, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 27 min |
| Aug 16, 6:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 93 min |
| Aug 16, 7:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance | 82 min |
| Aug 16, 7:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 108 min |
| Aug 16, 7:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 16, 7:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Roosevelt | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 1:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 113 min |
| Aug 17, 2:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 44 min |
| Aug 17, 3:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 3:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 42 min |
| Aug 17, 4:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 29 min |
| Aug 17, 5:02 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 118 min |
| Aug 17, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 49 min |
| Aug 17, 5:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 17, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 26 min |
| Aug 17, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 39 min |
| Aug 17, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 31 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.