Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 28, 2012, 1:29 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Sandoval County, Santa Fe 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
- Jun 28, 2012, 1:29 PM MDT (19:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 2012, 4:30 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, Santa Fe County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 84 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2869 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -56 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
156
WGUS55 KABQ 281929
FFWABQ
NMC028-043-049-282230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0004.120628T1929Z-120628T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
129 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
EXTREME NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 124 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THUNDERSTORMS 9 MILES WEST OF FRIJOLES...OR
ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE
VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE LAS CONCHAS BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO FRIJOLES CANYON AND BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...
QUEMAZAN TRAIL..HIGHWAY 4 FROM STATE ROAD 501 JUNCTION TO
LAS CONCHAS CAMPGROUND..INDIAN SERVICE ROUTE 602 AND EASTERN
PORTION OF VALLES CALDERA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3578 10650 3581 10650 3589 10640 3586 10632
3579 10618 3568 10630 3573 10645
$$2 follow-up statements
568
WGUS75 KABQ 282029
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
229 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012
NMC028-043-049-282230-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120628T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-
229 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND SOUTHERN LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...
AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THAT HEAVY RAIN DIMINISHED OVER CENTRAL PARTS OF THE LAS CONCHAS
BURN SCAR. HOWEVER...NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN WAS ESTIMATED TO HAVE
FALLEN OVER THE UPPER FRIJOLES CANYON AND COCHITI MESA EARLIER IN
THE AFTERNOON. IT CAN TAKE THIS RUN OFF FROM 1.5 TO 3 HOURS TO FLOW
DOWNSTREAM TO THE RIO GRANDE. A RAPID AND DANGEROUS RISE IN WATER
LEVELS IS EXPECTED IN LOWER PORTIONS OF BLAND CANYON AND FRIJOLES
CANYON AT ANY TIME.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FLOWS
IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3578 10650 3581 10650 3589 10640 3586 10632
3579 10618 3568 10630 3573 10645
$$861
WGUS75 KABQ 282226
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012
NMC028-043-049-282235-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-120628T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LOS ALAMOS-SANDOVAL-SANTA FE-
426 PM MDT THU JUN 28 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EAST CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND SOUTHERN LOS ALAMOS
COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL HAD
ENDED 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 3578 10650 3581 10650 3589 10640 3586 10632
3579 10618 3568 10630 3573 10645
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 12:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
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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.