Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jul 16, 2014, 2:56 PM MDT (20:56 UTC)

Expired

Jul 16, 2014, 5:00 PM MDT

In force

2 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County McKinley County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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832 
WGUS55 KABQ 162056
FFWABQ
NMC031-162300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0013.140716T2056Z-140716T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
256 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM NEAR YAH-TA-HEY...OR ABOUT 6
  MILES NORTH OF GALLUP. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WAS
  NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED UP TO 2 INCHES OF 
  RAIN HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST HOUR WITH AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH
  POSSIBLE. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY WITHIN WASHES THAT LEAD WEST
  UNDER HIGHWAY 491 NORTH OF GALLUP AROUND GAMERCO AND YAH-TA-HEY...
  AS WELL AS THOSE FLOWING NORTH AROUND COUNTY ROAD 57...AND 
  RESERVATION ROADS 9 AND 37 NORTH AND EAST OF TWIN LAKES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY
DRY ARROYOS AND STREAMBEDS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...INTERSECTIONS...
AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3575 10879 3578 10865 3556 10865 3554 10879

$$

213 
WGUS75 KABQ 162158
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
358 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

NMC031-162300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140716T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCKINLEY NM-
358 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR WEST
CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY...

AT 356 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
HEAVIEST PORTION OF THE RAINFALL HAS ENDED WITHIN THE AREA AROUND 
YAH-TA-HEY...BUT CONTINUES NEAR TWIN LAKES. RADAR ESTIMATES INDICATED
BETWEEN 2 AND 3 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN...WITH ADDITIONAL
LIGHT TO MODERATE AMOUNTS LIKELY. DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY
WITHIN WASHES ALONG HIGHWAY 491.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

ARROYOS...STREAMS AND RIVERS CAN BECOME RAGING KILLER CURRENTS IN A
MATTER OF MINUTES. KNOW WHERE HIGHER GROUND IS LOCATED.

&&

LAT...LON 3575 10879 3578 10865 3556 10865 3554 10879

$$

251 
WGUS75 KABQ 162256
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
456 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

NMC031-162306-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-140716T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCKINLEY NM-
456 PM MDT WED JUL 16 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 500 PM MDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MCKINLEY COUNTY...

STRONG FLOWS ARE STILL LIKELY IN ARROYOS THAT FLOW ALONG HIGHWAY 491
NEAR YAH-TA-HEY AND RESERVATION ROAD 9 EAST OF TWIN LAKES. HOWEVER...
THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3575 10879 3578 10865 3556 10865 3554 10879

$$

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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.