Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2012
Flash Flood Warning 44, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 26, 2012, 1:01 PM MDT for San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 119 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 26, 2012, 1:01 PM MDT (19:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 119 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -168 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2160 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
340 WGUS55 KABQ 261901 FFWABQ NMC047-049-262100- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0044.120826T1901Z-120826T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 101 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WEST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 300 PM MDT * AT 1254 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A BOULDER HAD BEEN WASHED ONTO INTERSTATE 25 NEAR GLORIETA...BLOCKING SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT BETWEEN ONE AND ONE AND ONE HALF INCHES OF RAIN HAD FALLEN AND MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WAS CONTINUING NEAR GLORIETA...LAMY AND PECOS ASSOCIATED WITH SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. && LAT...LON 3568 10583 3566 10567 3535 10564 3541 10598 $$
1 follow-up statement
756 WGUS75 KABQ 261954 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 154 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 NMC047-049-262100- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0044.000000T0000Z-120826T2100Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA FE-SAN MIGUEL- 154 PM MDT SUN AUG 26 2012 ...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND EAST CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTIES... AT 142 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN CONTINUING NEAR GLORIETA...LAMY AND PECOS. RAPID RUNOFF FROM EARLIER HEAVY RAINS WAS LIKELY CONTINUING AND FLASH FLOODING IS EITHER OCCURRING OR EMINENT. IN PARTICULAR...EXPECT SIGNIFICANT IMPACTS ON STATE HIGHWAY 63... STATE HIGHWAY 50 AND OJO DE LA VACA ROAD. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3568 10583 3566 10567 3535 10564 3541 10598 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 12:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 32 min |
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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.