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Flash Flood Warning 46, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 6, 2012, 8:03 PM MDT for Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 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
- Sep 6, 2012, 8:03 PM MDT (02:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 117 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Socorro County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 75 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
- 88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 8 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 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.
702
WGUS55 KABQ 070203
FFWABQ
NMC053-070400-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0046.120907T0203Z-120907T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
803 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
* AT 754 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED FLASH FLOODING
ON HIGHWAY 60...EAST OF INTERSTATE 25...FROM A THUNDERSTORM 16
MILES EAST OF LA JOYA...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BELEN.
THE STORM PRODUCING FLASH FLOODING WAS NEARLY STATIONARY.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3434 10686 3438 10684 3441 10681 3447 10681
3449 10679 3444 10647 3432 10646 3432 10687
$$2 follow-up statements
180
WGUS75 KABQ 070253
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
853 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012
NMC053-070400-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120907T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOCORRO-
853 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY...
AT 848 PM MDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED WATER NINE INCHES
OVER COUNTY ROAD B127 IN FAR NORTHEAST SOCORRO COUNTY.
ALTHOUGH EARLIER HEAVY RAINS HAVE SUBSIDED...FLASH FLOODING OF ARROYOS
AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH AT LEAST 10 PM MDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3434 10686 3438 10684 3441 10681 3447 10681
3449 10679 3444 10647 3432 10646 3432 10687
$$206
WGUS75 KABQ 070354
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
954 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012
NMC053-070404-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0046.000000T0000Z-120907T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SOCORRO-
954 PM MDT THU SEP 6 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY...
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 3434 10686 3438 10684 3441 10681 3447 10681
3449 10679 3444 10647 3432 10646 3432 10687
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 7:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Sep 7, 2:55 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 15 hr | |
| Sep 7, 2:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 93 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.