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Flash Flood Warning 37, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 19, 2012Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 19, 2012, 5:47 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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: Aug 19, 2012, 5:47 PM MDT (23:47 UTC)
Expired: Aug 19, 2012, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 62 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 224 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1337 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.8

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

905 
WGUS55 KABQ 192347
FFWABQ
NMC019-037-200245-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0037.120819T2347Z-120820T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WEST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 845 PM MDT

* AT 542 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS NEAR NEWKIRK AND
  CUERVO...AS WELL AS RURAL SOUTHEAST GUADALUPE COUNTY AND
  EXTREME WESTERN QUAY COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN 
  WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. I-25 WILL BE IMPACTED FROM CUERVO TO
  NEWKIRK. DRAINAGES IMPACTED WILL INCLUDE PAJARITO CREEK...
  ARROYO SAN JUAN DE DIOS...ARROYO PORTILLO AND ALAMAGORDO CREEK.

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 3518 10376 3511 10408 3494 10405 3481 10413
      3478 10434 3470 10434 3469 10438 3475 10443
      3501 10451 3517 10424 3518 10412 3515 10412
      3522 10373

$$

2 follow-up statements

146 
WGUS75 KABQ 200044
FFSABQ

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

NMC019-037-200245-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120820T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE-QUAY-
644 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL QUAY AND NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES...

AT 630 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
THUNDERSTORMS EXITING THE WARNED AREA TO THE SOUTHWEST. SINCE 4 
PM...RADAR ESTIMATED 1 TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN ACROSS MUCH OF EASTERN 
GUADALUPE COUNTY...AND 3 TO 4 INCHES OF RAIN IN NEWKIRK. DEEP RUNOFF 
AND VERY HEAVY PONDING WILL CONTINUE TO IMPACT I-40 IN THE NEWKIRK 
AREA. DANGEROUS WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED IN PAJARITO CREEK THROUGH 
EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY AND WESTERN QUAY COUNTY. OTHER DRAINAGES 
IMPACTED WILL INCLUDE BULL CANYON CREEK...ALAMAGORDO CREEK...ARROYO 
PORTILLO AND ARROYO SAN JUAN DE DIOS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEWKIRK...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

&&

LAT...LON 3518 10376 3511 10408 3494 10405 3481 10413
      3478 10434 3470 10434 3469 10438 3475 10443
      3501 10451 3517 10424 3518 10412 3515 10412
      3522 10373

$$

573 
WGUS75 KABQ 200242
FFSABQ

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

NMC019-037-200249-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0037.000000T0000Z-120820T0245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE-QUAY-
842 PM MDT SUN AUG 19 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 845 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
QUAY AND NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE THUNDERSTORMS 
THAT PRODUCED HEAVY RAINFALL EARLIER THIS EVENING HAD EXITED THE 
AREA AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT HAD DIMINISHED. HOWEVER...SOME MINOR 
FLOODING MAY CONTINUE IN NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER 
CROSSINGS FOR THE REST OF THIS EVENING.

LAT...LON 3518 10376 3511 10408 3494 10405 3481 10413
      3478 10434 3470 10434 3469 10438 3475 10443
      3501 10451 3517 10424 3518 10412 3515 10412
      3522 10373

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 18, 6:00 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Aug 18, 6:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	4 hr
Aug 18, 6:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	86 min
Aug 18, 6:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Aug 18, 7:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	119 min
Aug 18, 7:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Aug 18, 8:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	25 min
Aug 18, 8:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Aug 18, 9:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	23 min
Aug 18, 10:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	117 min
Aug 19, 6:06 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	24 min
Aug 19, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
Aug 19, 1:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	37 min
Aug 19, 1:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval	111 min
Aug 19, 1:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	85 min
Aug 19, 1:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	66 min
Aug 19, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	59 min
Aug 19, 1:41 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 19, 1:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 19, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	59 min
Aug 19, 2:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	80 min
Aug 19, 2:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Torrance	58 min
Aug 19, 2:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	94 min
Aug 19, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	46 min
Aug 19, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	49 min
Aug 19, 3:27 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Torrance	11 min
Aug 19, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	42 min
Aug 19, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	57 min
Aug 19, 3:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Aug 19, 3:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	111 min
Aug 19, 4:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	116 min
Aug 19, 4:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel	81 min
Aug 19, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	29 min
Aug 19, 4:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	42 min
Aug 19, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	27 min
Aug 19, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	34 min
Aug 19, 5:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	87 min
Aug 19, 5:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	82 min
Aug 19, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	35 min
Aug 19, 5:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	33 min
Aug 19, 5:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	32 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.