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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 22, 2012Catron County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 22, 2012, 4:29 PM MDT for Catron 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
Jun 22, 2012, 4:29 PM MDT (22:29 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2012, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Catron County, NM

The radar

The Tucson radar (KEMX), 242 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:31 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

Tuscon, AZ (KTUS), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Tuscon, AZ at 12:00Z on 2012-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3495 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
3 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-54 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.

478 
WGUS55 KABQ 222229
FFWABQ
NMC003-230030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0003.120622T2229Z-120623T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
429 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 425 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES EAST OF MOGOLLON...OR
  ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF RESERVE. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY    
  RAIN WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY SOUTH.

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
  LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 180 BRIDGE AT ALMA OVER MINERAL CREEK...STATE
  ROAD 159 AND SILVER CREEK...THE CATWALK...STATE ROAD 174...THE
  HIGHWAY 180 BRIDGE AT GLENWOOD OVER WHITEWATER CREEK AND THE FISH
  HATCHERY...HIGHWAY 180 OVER HOLT GULCH IN 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 3347 10884 3348 10853 3326 10862 3326 10891

$$

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2 follow-up statements
816 
WGUS75 KABQ 222319
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
519 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NMC003-230030-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120623T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATRON-
519 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY...

AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN NEAR MOGOLLON...OR 
ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF RESERVE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WESTERN PORTION 
OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3347 10884 3348 10853 3326 10862 3326 10891

$$

40
368 
WGUS75 KABQ 230029
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
629 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

NMC003-230036-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120623T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CATRON-
629 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CATRON COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE MODERATE 
TO HEAVY RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH 
FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. HOWEVER...LIGHT RAINFALL WILL CONTINUE 
OVER THE WARNED AREA AND SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE 
THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING 
HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. WATER WILL CONTINUE TO RUN IN DRAINAGES 
AND NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS.

LAT...LON 3347 10884 3348 10853 3326 10862 3326 10891

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 6:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo31 min
Jun 21, 8:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo, Valencia26 min
Jun 21, 8:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia39 min
Jun 21, 9:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance, Valencia111 min
Jun 22, 1:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Jun 22, 1:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Jun 22, 2:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Jun 22, 2:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln105 min
Jun 22, 3:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln115 min

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.