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Flash Flood Warning 47, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 7, 2012, 2:57 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 93 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 7, 2012, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 7, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 93 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:00 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
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 191 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
- 196 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1563 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
743
WGUS55 KABQ 072057
FFWABQ
NMC027-072230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0047.120907T2057Z-120907T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
257 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
* AT 248 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN FROM SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS NEAR
AND NORTH OF RUIDOSO.
THIS WILL IMPACT THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT
LIMITED TO HIGHWAY 70 FROM BISCUIT HILL TO RIVERSIDE OR FROM MILE
POSTS 267 TO 300...AND HIGHWAY 48 FROM RUIDOSO TO ESCUDILLA RANCH
OR FROM MILE POSTS 0 TO 17. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE HIGHWAY
48 AT SKI RUN ROAD...EAGLE CREEK...INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY 37
AND 48...RIO BONITO...AND ESCUDILLA...MAGADO CREEK.
EVEN MODERATE RAINFALL IN UPSTREAM WATERSHEDS WILL RESULT IN RAPID
AND POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLOWS ALONG THE RIO RUIDOSO...EAGLE
CREEK...LITTLE CREEK...MAGADO CREEK...RIO BONITO AND THE RIO
HONDO FROM THE HIGHWAY 70 AND 380 JUNCTION TO RIVERSIDE. PORTIONS
OF RUIDOSO WILL BE IMPACTED AS WELL. PLEASE CONTACT LOCAL
AUTHORITIES FOR ANY EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND ROUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 10574 3338 10575 3339 10584 3347 10587
3352 10574 3350 10564 3330 10555 3330 10573
$$2 follow-up statements
732
WGUS75 KABQ 072151
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
351 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012
NMC027-072230-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120907T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
351 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 348 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING RAIN AND AREAS OF
LOCAL FLASH FLOODING OVER AND NEAR THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR AND
NEAR RUIDOSO. THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING VERY SLOWLY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BONITO LAKE AND THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. SOME
RURAL ROADS IN THIS AREA ARE COVERED WITH DEBRIS AND CLOSED FOR
SAFETY REASONS.
&&
LAT...LON 3331 10574 3338 10575 3339 10584 3347 10587
3352 10574 3350 10564 3330 10555 3330 10573
$$513
WGUS75 KABQ 072223
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
423 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012
NMC027-072231-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0047.000000T0000Z-120907T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
423 PM MDT FRI SEP 7 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LINCOLN COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE HEAVY
RAINFALL WAS ENDING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD
THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE DUE TO
RUNOFF FROM UPSTREAM AREAS...BUT THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING IS
ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3331 10574 3338 10575 3339 10584 3347 10587
3352 10574 3350 10564 3330 10555 3330 10573
$$
52The 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 6, 8:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 117 min |
| Sep 7, 2:55 PM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 15 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.