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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 20, 2012Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 20, 2012, 5:21 PM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 114 min. 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 20, 2012, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2012, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 114 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:24 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -210 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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

809 
WGUS55 KABQ 202321
FFWABQ
NMC005-011-210115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0039.120820T2321Z-120821T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME NORTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 512 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTY.
  THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN HAVE BEEN NEARLY STATIONARY.
  RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATE BETWEEN 2 AND 5 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS
  OCCURRED OVER PORTIONS OF THIS AREA...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 285 NEAR
  RAMON...YESO CREEK ROAD...HIGHWAY 247 NEAR RAMON...DUNLAP ROAD...
  MUSTANG ROAD...AND WHERE YESO CREEK FLOWS BENEATH HIGHWAY 20 SOUTH
  OF FORT SUMNER. ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

&&

LAT...LON 3399 10430 3399 10489 3440 10489 3440 10442
      3430 10418

$$
GUYER

2 follow-up statements

824 
WGUS75 KABQ 210039
FFSABQ

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

NMC005-011-210115-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120821T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DE BACA-CHAVES-
639 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 715 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
NORTH CENTRAL CHAVES AND SOUTHERN DE BACA COUNTIES...

AT 630 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN
DE BACA COUNTY. THE STORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY
THEREFORE ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS LIKELY. THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS FALLEN
NEAR RAMON AND WITHIN YESO CREEK. THIS WILL IMPACT WHERE YESO CREEK
FLOWS BENEATH HIGHWAY 20 SOUTH OF FORT SUMNER...AND ALONG YESO CREEK
ROAD...RAMON ROAD...DUNLAP ROAD...AND MUSTANG ROAD.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3399 10430 3399 10489 3440 10489 3440 10442
      3430 10418

$$
GUYER

557 
WGUS75 KABQ 210110
FFSABQ

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

NMC005-011-210119-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-120821T0115Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DE BACA-CHAVES-
710 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT FOR EXTREME NORTH
CENTRAL CHAVES AND SOUTHERN DE BACA COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE
RAINFALL BEGINNING TO EXIT THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD 
THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT 
FOR FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS 
BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3399 10430 3399 10489 3440 10489 3440 10442
      3430 10418

$$
GUYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 19, 6:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Aug 19, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	59 min
Aug 19, 6:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	54 min
Aug 19, 7:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	114 min
Aug 19, 7:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	80 min
Aug 19, 7:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	34 min
Aug 19, 7:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	116 min
Aug 19, 7:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	47 min
Aug 19, 7:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	31 min
Aug 19, 8:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	93 min
Aug 19, 8:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	30 min
Aug 19, 8:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	113 min
Aug 19, 8:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	30 min
Aug 20, 12:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	31 min
Aug 20, 1:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	87 min
Aug 20, 2:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	111 min
Aug 20, 2:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Aug 20, 2:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Aug 20, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	23 min
Aug 20, 2:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Aug 20, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	25 min
Aug 20, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	28 min
Aug 20, 3:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Valencia	109 min
Aug 20, 3:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	36 min
Aug 20, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	88 min
Aug 20, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	34 min
Aug 20, 4:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	3 hr
Aug 20, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	37 min
Aug 20, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	49 min
Aug 20, 4:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry	119 min
Aug 20, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	42 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.