Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 30, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 16, 2012, 7:44 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 2 reports 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, 7:44 PM MDT (01:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2012, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 27 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:44 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 8:20 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 1 N Sandia Pueblo, NM | WATER AND DEBRIS OVER NM313 NEAR SANDIA WASH. |
| Aug 16, 8:27 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Sandia Pueblo, NM | FLASH FLOODING ON ROUTE 313 WHERE IT CROSSES SANDIA WASH |
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, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 22 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.
482
WGUS55 KABQ 170144
FFWABQ
NMC001-043-170345-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0030.120817T0144Z-120817T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
744 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 945 PM MDT
* AT 740 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER SANDIA PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF BERNALILLO...MOVING EAST AT 5 MPH. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF UP TO
A HALF INCH IS POSSIBLE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3524 10659 3528 10659 3530 10657 3529 10645
3518 10647 3520 10663
$$2 follow-up statements
813
WGUS75 KABQ 170211
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
811 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012
NMC001-043-170345-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120817T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANDOVAL-BERNALILLO-
811 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BERNALILLO AND SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTIES...
AT 806 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM ABOUT TO MOVE OVER THE SANDIA PUEBLO FROM THE
WEST. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE AN ADDITIONAL QUARTER TO ONE HALF INCH
OF RAIN BY 9 PM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 MPH.
I-25 WILL BE IMPACTED BY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND HEAVY PONDING
FROM NORTHERN ALBUQUERQUE TO BERNALILLO.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANDIA PUEBLO...
RURAL SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
&&
LAT...LON 3524 10659 3528 10659 3530 10657 3529 10645
3518 10647 3520 10663
$$643
WGUS75 KABQ 170347
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
947 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012
NMC001-043-170357-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0030.000000T0000Z-120817T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANDOVAL-BERNALILLO-
947 PM MDT THU AUG 16 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTH CENTRAL BERNALILLO AND
SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL 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 3524 10659 3528 10659 3530 10657 3529 10645
3518 10647 3520 10663
$$
SHOEMAKEThe 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, 7:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe, Torrance | 3 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.