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Flash Flood Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 7, 2012, 1:34 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 86 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 7, 2012, 1:34 PM MDT (19:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2012, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 86 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -90 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1114 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 2 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
810
WGUS55 KABQ 071934
FFWABQ
NMC027-072100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0008.120707T1934Z-120707T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
134 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 300 PM MDT
* AT 130 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR BONITO LAKE...OR ABOUT 11
MILES NORTH OF RUIDOSO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
NEARLY STATIONARY.
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. PLEASE CONTACT
LOCAL AUTHORITIES FOR EVACUATION PROCEDURES AND ROUTES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN
THE WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LITTLE BEAR FIRE BURN
AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 10582 3349 10583 3352 10573 3350 10563
3340 10561 3338 10572
$$2 follow-up statements
124
WGUS75 KABQ 072004
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
204 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
NMC027-072100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120707T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
204 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTH
CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
AT 200 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN NEAR BONITO LAKE...
OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTH OF RUIDOSO. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. MORE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHERN
LINCOLN COUNTY WILL PASS OVER THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF A HALF INCH ARE POSSIBLE IN THE
WARNED AREA.
RUNOFF FROM RAINFALL WILL CAUSE ELEVATED WATER LEVELS WITHIN
VULNERABLE DRAINAGES IN AND DOWNSTREAM OF THE LITTLE BEAR FIRE BURN
AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 3340 10582 3349 10583 3352 10573 3350 10563
3340 10561 3338 10572
$$141
WGUS75 KABQ 072051
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
251 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
NMC027-072101-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0008.000000T0000Z-120707T2100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
251 PM MDT SAT JUL 7 2012
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 300 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
LINCOLN 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 3340 10582 3349 10583 3352 10573 3350 10563
3340 10561 3338 10572
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 6:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, San Juan | 117 min |
| Jul 7, 12:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 117 min |
| Jul 7, 12:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 4 hr |
| Jul 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 2 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.