Flash Flood Warning 36, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 19, 2012, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)

Expired

Aug 19, 2012, 4:45 PM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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802 
WGUS55 KABQ 191956
FFWABQ
NMC028-043-192245-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0036.120819T1956Z-120819T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
156 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 148 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF COCHITI
  LAKE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS...MOVING SOUTH
  SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH. RADAR INDICATED 1 TO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS ALREADY FALLEN ON WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF 
  THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR. THE BLAND CANYON GAGE REPORTED 0.80 
  OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN JUST 20 MINUTES. THE COCHITI MESA GAGE 
  RECEIVED 0.55 OF AN INCH OF RAIN IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME. THE
  THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS SO FAR FALLEN FROM THE HEADWATERS OF 
  FRIJOLES CANYON SOUTHWESTWARD TO BEAR SPRINGS PEAK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3585 10636 3577 10623 3554 10637 3563 10648
      3572 10657 3580 10652 3586 10644

$$

911 
WGUS75 KABQ 192131
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
331 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NMC028-043-192245-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120819T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-
331 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES...

AT 316 PM MDT...WHILE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR 
INDICATED THAT NO SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING AS OF 320 PM IN 
THE WARNING AREA...INCLUDING THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR...HIGH ARROYO 
AND SMALL STREAM FLOWS ARE STILL LIKELY FROM EARLIER TORRENTIAL 
RAINS IN THE AREA. THERE ARE SHOWERS AND ISOLATED STORMS JUST WEST 
OF THE BURN SCAR AND THESE OR OTHER CELLS THAT COULD LATER DEVELOP 
MAY IMPACT THE AREA IN THE FUTURE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...
  FRIJOLES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN 
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LOS CONCHAS BURN SCAR.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3585 10636 3577 10623 3554 10637 3563 10648
      3572 10657 3580 10652 3586 10644

$$

43

243 
WGUS75 KABQ 192238
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
438 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

NMC028-043-192248-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0036.000000T0000Z-120819T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-
438 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT FOR EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL AND SOUTHWESTERN LOS ALAMOS 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 3585 10636 3577 10623 3554 10637 3563 10648
      3572 10657 3580 10652 3586 10644

$$

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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.