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Areal Flood Advisory 708, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 22, 2014Lincoln County, Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 22, 2014, 11:33 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 117 min.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 22, 2014, 11:33 PM MDT (05:33 UTC)
Expired: Sep 23, 2014, 1:30 AM MDT
In force: 117 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Lincoln County, NM, Socorro County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 158 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: 502 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1821 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 10 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.

076 
WGUS85 KABQ 230533
FLSABQ

FLOOD ADVISORY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1133 PM MDT MON SEP 22 2014

NMC027-053-230730-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.Y.0708.140923T0533Z-140923T0730Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-SOCORRO-
1133 PM MDT MON SEP 22 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED AN

* ARROYO AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY FOR...
  EXTREME WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTH CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 130 AM MDT

* AT 1133 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  HEAVY RAIN ASSOCIATED WITH AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS 
  MOVING SOUTH ACROSS SOUTHERN SOCORRO COUNTY. THIS ACTIVITY IS 
  CAPABLE OF PRODUCING RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES
  AND WILL IMPACT OLD HIGHWAY 1...INTERSTATE 25 AND HIGHWAY 380 
  BETWEEN SAN ANTONIO AND BINGHAM.

* STRONG FLOWS AND HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED IN ARROYOS...SMALL
  STREAMS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE DANGEROUS FLOWS
IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE
THROUGH THESE WATERS. WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE
HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3347 10639 3347 10759 3397 10691 3392 10632
      3346 10636

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	29 min
Sep 22, 6:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Sep 22, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	30 min
Sep 22, 6:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Valencia	116 min
Sep 22, 6:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	34 min
Sep 22, 7:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Sep 22, 7:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	32 min
Sep 22, 7:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Valencia	3 hr
Sep 22, 7:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	27 min
Sep 22, 7:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Sep 22, 7:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	117 min
Sep 22, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	32 min
Sep 22, 8:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	118 min
Sep 22, 8:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Valencia	119 min
Sep 23, 1:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	34 min
Sep 23, 2:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Sep 23, 3:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	90 min
Sep 23, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	30 min

Nearby

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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.