Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 42, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 23, 2012, 2:26 PM MDT for Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 94 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 23, 2012, 2:26 PM MDT (20:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2012, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 94 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Socorro County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 144 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
- 6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -149 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 103 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
258
WGUS55 KABQ 232026
FFWABQ
NMC053-232200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0042.120823T2026Z-120823T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
226 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 400 PM MDT
* AT 225 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM SEVERAL THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SOCORRO
SOUTH ALONG AND JUST WEST OF INTERSTATE 25 TO THE SOCORRO SIERRA
COUNTY LINE. THE STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING
TOWARD THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE
THE IMMEDIATE SOCORRO AREA...FORT CRAIG...AND AREAS ALONG STATE ROAD
107 NEAR THE INTERSECTION OF INTERSTATE 25. HOURLY RAINFALL RATES
OF NEAR 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE MOST INTENSE STORMS.
SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ARE LIKELY ALONG INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN SOCORRO
AND THE SIERRA COUNTY LINE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.
&&
KJ
LAT...LON 3388 10715 3410 10704 3411 10684 3379 10688
3349 10712 3349 10749
$$3 follow-up statements
523
WGUS75 KABQ 232057
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
257 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
NMC053-232200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120823T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOCORRO-
257 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY...
AT 254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A STRONG THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR
BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF SOCORRO. THE STORM
PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS MOVING EAST AT AROUND 15 MPH. RADAR
ESTIMATES BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY
FALLEN BETWEEN SOCORRO...LABORCITA AND BOSQUE DEL APACHE. ADDITIONAL
HEAVY RAIN WILL IMPACT AREAS IMMEDIATELY ALONG THE RIO GRANDE WHERE
HOURLY RAINFALL RATES OF TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ESCONDIDA...SAN ANTONIO AND BOSQUE DEL APACHE
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THESE STORMS WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS AND ARROYOS...POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.
A FLASH FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING.
IF YOU ARE IN THE WARNING AREA MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.
RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG STREAMS AND CREEKS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE
PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.
&&
LAT...LON 3388 10715 3410 10704 3411 10684 3379 10688
3349 10712 3349 10749
$$
KJ496
WGUS75 KABQ 232119
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
319 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
NMC053-232200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120823T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOCORRO-
319 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY...
AT 317 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT
HEAVY THUNDERSTORM RAINS HAD BEGUN TO MOVE EAST OF THE WARNED AREA.
HOWEVER...RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO RESULT IN
DANGEROUS FLOW IN ARROYOS AND OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AREAS THROUGH AT
LEAST 400 PM ESPECIALLY NEAR BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE...AND THE
SAN ANTONIO AREA.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3388 10715 3410 10704 3411 10684 3379 10688
3349 10712 3349 10749
$$
KJ726
WGUS75 KABQ 232150
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
350 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
NMC053-232200-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0042.000000T0000Z-120823T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOCORRO-
350 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL SOCORRO
COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE RAINFALL WAS
ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS
DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT FOR
FLASH FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3388 10715 3410 10704 3411 10684 3379 10688
3349 10712 3349 10749
$$
KJThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 3 hr |
| Aug 22, 7:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 119 min |
| Aug 22, 8:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 33 min | |
| Aug 22, 8:37 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 3:46 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 17 hr | |
| Aug 23, 1:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 39 min |
| Aug 23, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 1:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 85 min |
| Aug 23, 2:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 84 min |
| Aug 23, 2:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 110 min |
| Aug 23, 3:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 114 min |
| Aug 23, 3:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 30 min |
| Aug 23, 4:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 35 min |
| Aug 23, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 33 min |
| Aug 23, 5:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca | 114 min |
| Aug 23, 5:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:34 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 116 min |
| Aug 23, 5:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
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.