Flash Flood Warning 38, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 20, 2012, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)

Expired

Aug 20, 2012, 4:45 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Socorro County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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404 
WGUS55 KABQ 202045
FFWABQ
NMC053-202245-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0038.120820T2045Z-120820T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
245 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT

* AT 242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR MAGDALENA...OR ABOUT 20
  MILES WEST OF SOCORRO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN
  HAS FALLEN ALONG PORTIONS OF FOREST SERVICE ROAD 101...HIGHWAY
  107...MAGDALENA PEAK...AND CERRO PELON. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL
  IN THIS AREA MAY TRAVEL ALONG ARROYOS INTO MAGDALENA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR
LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...TELEVISION
STATIONS...OR YOUR CABLE TELEVISION PROVIDER FOR THE LATEST WEATHER
INFORMATION.

&&

LAT...LON 3405 10735 3411 10730 3414 10719 3401 10718
      3395 10724 3395 10736

$$
GUYER

454 
WGUS75 KABQ 202134
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
334 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

NMC053-202245-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120820T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOCORRO-
334 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY...

AT 324 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN AROUND MAGDALENA HAS DIMINISHED
AND MOVED AWAY FROM THE AREA. THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS STILL
ONGOING FOR THE AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 107...FOREST SERVICE ROAD 101...
AND WITHIN ARROYOS FLOWING NORTH AND WEST OF MAGDALENA PEAK AND CERRO
PELON. 

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
MONDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3405 10735 3411 10730 3414 10719 3401 10718
      3395 10724 3395 10736

$$
GUYER

110 
WGUS75 KABQ 202247
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
447 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

NMC053-202256-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0038.000000T0000Z-120820T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOCORRO-
447 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY RAINFALL 
WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. HOWEVER...SOME LIGHT TO MODERATE 
RAINFALL MAY CONTINUE THROUGH THE EVENING BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH 
FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED 
TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3405 10735 3411 10730 3414 10719 3401 10718
      3395 10724 3395 10736

$$


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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.