Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jul 2, 2014, 2:26 AM MDT (08:26 UTC)

Expired

Jul 2, 2014, 5:30 AM MDT

In force

3 hr

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County De Baca County, NM

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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238 
WGUS55 KABQ 020826
FFWABQ
NMC011-021130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0002.140702T0826Z-140702T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
226 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 530 AM MDT

* AT 220 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A CLUSTER OF THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL DE 
  BACA COUNTY...OR ABOUT 21 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER. THE 
  STORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR
  INDICATED 2 TO 5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS FALLEN ON ROUTE 20 FROM 19
  TO 27 MILES SOUTH OF FORT SUMNER. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS AT NIGHT WHEN IT IS HARDER TO RECOGNIZE THE
DANGERS OF FLASH FLOODS.

&&

LAT...LON 3430 10451 3435 10437 3431 10416 3411 10427
      3412 10450 3415 10459

$$

599 
WGUS75 KABQ 021017
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
417 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

NMC011-021130-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140702T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DE BACA NM-
417 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 AM MDT FOR
CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTY...

AT 413 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING OVER CENTRAL DE BACA 
COUNTY...OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER. WHILE STORMS 
WERE DIMINISHING...THERE WAS STILL A THREAT FOR EXCESSIVE AND 
DANGEROUS RUNOFF INTO THE PECOS RIVER BASIN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WATER IN NEARBY CREEKS FEEDING INTO THE PECOS RIVER MAY TRAVEL MANY 
MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN 
AREAS. REMAIN ALERT TO FLOODED ROAD CROSSINGS EVEN HOURS LATER.

&&

LAT...LON 3430 10451 3435 10437 3431 10416 3411 10427
      3412 10450 3415 10459

$$

SHOEMAKE

375 
WGUS75 KABQ 021134
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
534 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

NMC011-021144-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-140702T1130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
DE BACA NM-
534 AM MDT WED JUL 2 2014

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR CENTRAL DE BACA 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 3430 10451 3435 10437 3431 10416 3411 10427
      3412 10450 3415 10459

$$

SHOEMAKE

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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.