Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 18, 2012, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 18, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Lincoln County, NM

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 41 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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180 
WGUS55 KABQ 190000
FFWABQ
NMC027-190200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0032.120819T0000Z-120819T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 559 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR OSCURO...OR ABOUT 17 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CARRIZOZO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
  MOVING VERY SLOWLY TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST. HIGHWAY 54 WILL BE
  IMPACTED BY DANGEROUS WATER LEVELS NEAR OSCURO AND SOUTH OF
  OSCURO TO THE OTERO COUNTY LINE. DRAINAGES DOWN THE WEST SLOPE OF
  SIERRA BLANCA WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED BY FLOOD WATERS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 10638 3347 10638 3353 10620 3352 10585
      3339 10584 3338 10637

$$

989 
WGUS75 KABQ 190052
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
652 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

NMC027-190200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120819T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
652 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 648 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE 
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN EXITED LINCOLN COUNTY TO THE 
SOUTHWEST. HOWEVER...2 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN ABOUT AN HOUR ON 
OSCURO AND HIGHWAY 54 SOUTH OF OSCURO TO THE OTERO COUNTY LINE. 
HEAVY RAIN ALSO FELL ON THE STEEP WEST SLOPES OF THE WHITE MOUNTAIN 
WILDERNESS WESTWARD TO ABOUT 16 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF OSCURO. 
DANGEROUS RUNOFF WILL CONTINUE IN THESE AREAS UNTIL 8 PM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FLOWS
IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3339 10638 3347 10638 3353 10620 3352 10585
      3339 10584 3338 10637

$$

199 
WGUS75 KABQ 190153
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
753 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

NMC027-190203-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-120819T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
753 PM MDT SAT AUG 18 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 800 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
LINCOLN COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAS
ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAS
DIMINISHED. 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 3339 10638 3347 10638 3353 10620 3352 10585
      3339 10584 3338 10637

$$

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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.