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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 21, 2014, 10:28 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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
- Jul 21, 2014, 10:28 PM MDT (04:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 2014, 12:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Quay County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 975 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -70 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 13 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -18 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
772
WGUS55 KABQ 220428
FFWABQ
NMC037-220630-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0021.140722T0428Z-140722T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1028 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
EAST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT
* AT 1025 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF GLENRIO...OR
ABOUT 27 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA. THE STORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY
RAIN WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATED BETWEEN 2 AND 2.5
INCHES OCCURRED WITH THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA EARLIER THIS
EVENING...AND THE NEXT ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE ANOTHER
1 TO 2 INCHES. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG HIGHWAYS 392 AND
469 AROUND PORTER...AS WELL AS BUT NOT LIMITED TO CR 72...CR 70...
AND CR J. THIS HEAVY RAINFALL WILL IMPACT TUSCOCOILLO CANYON...
RANA CANYON...FROST CREEK...TRUJILLO CREEK...AND ALL OTHER MINOR
DRAINAGES LEADING INTO THE CANADIAN RIVER.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3514 10333 3519 10345 3526 10344 3539 10337
3540 10334 3540 10304 3515 10304
$$2 follow-up statements
415
WGUS75 KABQ 220535
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1135 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
NMC037-220630-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140722T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
QUAY NM-
1135 PM MDT MON JUL 21 2014
...A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY...
AT 1124 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN PORTER AND
GLENRIO...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA. THE STORMS PRODUCING
HEAVY RAIN WERE NEARLY STATIONARY. RADAR ESTIMATED UPWARDS OF 4 TO 6
INCHES IN THE PAST 3 HOURS OVER THE AREA AROUND HIGHWAYS 392 AND 469.
EXTREMELY DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG COUNTY ROADS J AND
72...AND AROUND TUSCOCOILLO AND RANA CANYONS. RAINFALL WILL SLOWLY
TAPER OFF THROUGH 1230 AM.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
WAS CONTINUING OVER THE WARNED AREA. ADDITIONAL FLASH FLOODING IS
EXPECTED.
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED LOW WATER CROSSINGS. MANY
FLASH FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3514 10333 3519 10345 3526 10344 3539 10337
3540 10334 3540 10304 3515 10304
$$707
WGUS75 KABQ 220626
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1226 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014
NMC037-220634-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140722T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
QUAY NM-
1226 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1230 AM MDT FOR EAST
CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED ONLY LIGHT TO
MODERATE RAIN PERSISTING ACROSS THE WARNED AREA OF EAST CENTRAL QUAY
COUNTY...AND THE FLASH FLOOD THREAT WAS DIMINISHING. SOME MINOR
FLOODING MAY CONTINUE...BUT THE THREAT FOR LIFE THREATENING FLASH
FLOODING IS ENDING. THUS...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3514 10333 3519 10345 3526 10344 3539 10337
3540 10334 3540 10304 3515 10304
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 7:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 81 min |
| Jul 21, 8:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 9:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Quay | 2 hr |
| Jul 21, 11:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 115 min |
| Jul 22, 12:31 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Quay | 119 min |
| Jul 22, 1:43 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:37 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 3 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 1:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 115 min |
| Jul 22, 2:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 113 min |
| Jul 22, 2:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 48 min |
| Jul 22, 3:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 22, 3:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 112 min |
| Jul 22, 4:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 112 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.