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Flash Flood Warning 113, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 15, 2013McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2013, 5:43 PM MDT for McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 6 hr. 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 15, 2013, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 2013, 11:30 PM MDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County McKinley County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:46 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, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2013-09-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2013-09-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 68 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1220 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
68 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
28 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.

607 
WGUS55 KABQ 152343
FFWABQ
NMC031-160530-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0113.130915T2343Z-130916T0530Z/
/00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
543 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...

  CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1130 PM MDT

* AT 537 PM MDT...THE IMMINENT FAILURE OF THE DAM IN NORTHEAST
  CROWNPOINT WAS REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT. THE DAM IS EXPECTED
  TO BREAK SOMETIME BETWEEN 630 AND 830 PM. WHEN THE DAM FAILS
  A FLASH FLOOD WILL IMPACT LOW LAYING AREAS OF CROWNPOINT...
  INCLUDING THE INDIAN HEALTH SERVICE HOSPITAL. AN EVACUATION IS
  IN PROGRESS.  FOR SAFETY...HEAD TO HIGHER GROUND IMMEDIATELY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT UNDERESTIMATE THE POWER OF FLOOD WATERS. ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
RAPIDLY FLOWING WATER CAN QUICKLY CARRY AWAY YOUR VEHICLE.

&&

LAT...LON 3571 10818 3572 10810 3564 10811 3565 10821
      3572 10822

$$
1 follow-up statement
276 
WGUS75 KABQ 160206
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
806 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013

NMC031-160235-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0113.000000T0000Z-130916T0530Z/
/00000.2.DM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCKINLEY-
806 PM MDT SUN SEP 15 2013

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR MCKINLEY COUNTY CANCELLED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM LAW ENFORCEMENT 
THAT ALTHOUGH THERE IS A SMALL LEAK IN THE DAM IN CROWNPOINT...THERE 
IS NO IMMINENT THREAT OF FAILURE.

LAT...LON 3571 10818 3572 10810 3564 10811 3565 10821
      3572 10822

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 6:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola2 hr
Sep 14, 7:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron3 hr
Sep 14, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron33 min
Sep 14, 9:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron2 hr
Sep 14, 9:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron3 hr
Sep 14, 10:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro3 hr
Sep 14, 10:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval3 hr
Sep 14, 10:56 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe3 hr
Sep 14, 11:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance3 hr
Sep 15, 12:14 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQSocorro, Valencia12 hr
Sep 15, 12:20 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyABQCatron5 hr
Sep 15, 12:45 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel, Santa Fe3 hr
Sep 15, 1:12 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ71 hr
Sep 15, 1:21 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, Valencia3 hr
Sep 15, 1:28 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos3 hr
Sep 15, 1:39 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro, Torrance, Valencia3 hr
Sep 15, 1:48 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Valencia3 hr
Sep 15, 2:47 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe3 hr
Sep 15, 3:21 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro3 hr
Sep 15, 3:43 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora, San Miguel3 hr
Sep 15, 4:19 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Sep 15, 5:17 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron118 min
Sep 15, 12:15 PM MDTAreal Flood WarningABQSocorro8 hr
Sep 15, 12:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Torrance84 min
Sep 15, 1:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Sep 15, 1:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Torrance3 hr
Sep 15, 2:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel84 min
Sep 15, 2:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance3 hr
Sep 15, 2:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora, San Miguel115 min
Sep 15, 2:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln2 hr
Sep 15, 3:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves2 hr
Sep 15, 3:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance84 min
Sep 15, 3:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora94 min
Sep 15, 4:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro91 min
Sep 15, 4:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro113 min
Sep 15, 4:49 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro3 hr
Sep 15, 5:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance2 hr
Sep 15, 5:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves3 hr
Sep 15, 5:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel119 min
Sep 15, 5:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, San Juan107 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.