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Flash Flood Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 5, 2012Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 5, 2012, 5:36 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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: Jul 5, 2012, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2012, 6:26 PM MDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:25 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 14 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 302 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -126 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

851 
WGUS55 KABQ 052336
FFWABQ
NMC001-043-060130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0007.120705T2336Z-120706T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
536 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 536 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM NEAR CENTRAL 
  ALBUQUERQUE. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS NEARLY 
  STATIONARY OR DRIFTING TOWARD THE NORTH.  HOURLY RAINFALL RATES
  OF JUST UNDER TWO INCHES IS EXPECTED.  EXPECT URBAN FLOODING 
  ESPECIALLY ALONG THE INTERSTATE 25 CORRIDOR JUST NORTH OF THE 
  BIG I...AS WELL AS AREAS JUST WEST.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES.

&&

LAT...LON 3524 10673 3524 10651 3506 10651 3506 10673

$$


KJ

2 follow-up statements

278 
WGUS75 KABQ 052356
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
556 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

NMC001-043-060130-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120706T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANDOVAL-BERNALILLO-
556 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BERNALILLO AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTIES...

AT 555 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING
OVER CENTRAL ALBUQUERQUE...NORTH VALLEY AND NORTHWEST ALBUQUERQUE. THE 
STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS DRIFTING SLOWLY NORTH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TAYLOR RANCH...
  RIO RANCHO INTEL AREA...
  CABEZON...
  PARADISE HILLS...
  NORTH VALLEY...
  LOS RANCHOS DE ALBUQUERQUE...
  CORRALES...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM THIS STORM WILL CAUSE FLASH FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS...ARROYOS AND DITCHES...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS
WELL AS POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3524 10673 3524 10651 3506 10651 3506 10673

$$

310 
WGUS75 KABQ 060026
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
626 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

NMC001-043-060036-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0007.000000T0000Z-120706T0130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SANDOVAL-BERNALILLO-
626 PM MDT THU JUL 5 2012

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR NORTH CENTRAL
BERNALILLO AND EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED RAINFALL WAS ENDING
ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING.
SOME MINOR FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT OF SERIOUS FLOODING
IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3524 10673 3524 10651 3506 10651 3506 10673

$$


KJ

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 4, 7:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	109 min
Jul 4, 8:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	111 min
Jul 4, 10:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	118 min
Jul 4, 10:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	2 hr
Jul 5, 12:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	4 hr
Jul 5, 12:52 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 5, 1:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 5, 1:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	2 hr
Jul 5, 1:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe	117 min
Jul 5, 2:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 5, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	118 min
Jul 5, 3:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	115 min
Jul 5, 3:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 5, 4:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	2 hr
Jul 5, 4:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	111 min
Jul 5, 4:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 5, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	31 min
Jul 5, 4:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	113 min
Jul 5, 5:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia	2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2012 Every flash flood warning in 2012

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.