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Flash Flood Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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.
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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.
- 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
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 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
816 WGUS75 KABQ 222319 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 519 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 NMC003-230030- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0003.000000T0000Z-120623T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ CATRON- 519 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY... AT 515 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING MODERATE RAIN NEAR MOGOLLON...OR ABOUT 22 MILES SOUTH OF RESERVE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE WESTERN PORTION OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY BURN AREA. && LAT...LON 3347 10884 3348 10853 3326 10862 3326 10891 $$ 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 21, 6:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 31 min |
| Jun 21, 8:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo, Valencia | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 8:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 39 min |
| Jun 21, 9:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance, Valencia | 111 min |
| Jun 22, 1:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 1:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jun 22, 2:56 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 105 min |
| Jun 22, 3:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 115 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.