Flash Flood Warning 31, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 17, 2012, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)

Expired

Aug 17, 2012, 7:00 PM MDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Sandoval County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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619 
WGUS55 KABQ 172302
FFWABQ
NMC043-180100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0031.120817T2302Z-120818T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
502 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 700 PM MDT

* AT 500 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF COCHITI
  LAKE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE STORM
  PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

  THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
  LIMITED TO BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...FRIJOLES CANYON...COCHITI
  CANYON...PERALTA CANYON...HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO
  LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND AND DOME WILDERNESS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF 
THE LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN AREA.

TO REPORT FLOODING...HAVE THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RELAY
YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE IN
ALBUQUERQUE.

&&

LAT...LON 3576 10661 3578 10643 3572 10625 3560 10630
      3560 10662

$$

303 
WGUS75 KABQ 180012
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2012

NMC043-180100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120818T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANDOVAL-
612 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY...

AT 606 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN 12 MILES WEST OF
COCHITI PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF BERNALILLO. THE STORM
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  COCHITI LAKE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE 
LAS CONCHAS FIRE BURN AREA.

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.

TO REPORT FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...AND CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
FORECAST OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3576 10661 3578 10643 3572 10625 3560 10630
      3560 10662

$$

066 
WGUS75 KABQ 180050
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
650 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2012

NMC043-180101-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0031.000000T0000Z-120818T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANDOVAL-
650 PM MDT FRI AUG 17 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL COUNTY...

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 3576 10661 3578 10643 3572 10625 3560 10630
      3560 10662

$$

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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.