Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2014
Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 30, 2014, 1:04 AM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 30, 2014, 1:04 AM MDT (07:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 2014, 4:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Union County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 229 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -127 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1392 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
305
WGUS55 KABQ 300704
FFWABQ
NMC059-301000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0039.140730T0704Z-140730T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
104 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 400 AM MDT
* AT 100 AM MDT...A GAGE AT KENTON ON THE DRY CIMARRON RIVER
MEASURED A RAPID RISE OF WATER IN THE RIVER TO 11.5 FEET.
ACTION STAGE IS 11 FEET. FLASH FLOODING IS THEREFORE
OCCURRING. RADAR ESTIMATED OVER 3.5 INCHES OF WATER FELL IN
THE DRAINAGE BASIN OF THE RIVER EARLIER IN THE EVENING AND
IT WILL TAKE TIME FOR ALL OF THIS WATER TO REACH THE RIVER.
IT IS LIKELY THAT THE ALREADY DANGEROUS WATER LEVEL IN THE
DRY CIMARRON RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE BEFORE THE FLOODING
BEGINS TO SUBSIDE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. MANY FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES.
&&
LAT...LON 3700 10299 3686 10299 3686 10301 3699 10330
3701 10328 3702 10300
$$1 follow-up statement
093
WGUS75 KABQ 301003
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
403 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014
NMC059-301011-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-140730T1000Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
UNION NM-
403 AM MDT WED JUL 30 2014
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN UNION
COUNTY...
PRECIPITATION HAS ENDED AND HIGH WATER LEVELS ARE EXPECTED TO
GRADUALLY RECEDE. NONETHELESS...HAZARDOUS WATER LEVELS LIKELY EXIST
SO SPECIAL CAUTION IS WARRANTED NEAR THE RIVER THROUGH THE EARLY
MORNING HOURS.
LAT...LON 3700 10299 3686 10299 3686 10301 3699 10330
3701 10328 3702 10300
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 6:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 4 hr |
| Jul 29, 6:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 26 min |
| Jul 29, 6:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, Socorro, Valencia | 116 min |
| Jul 29, 7:14 PM MDT | River Flood Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 17 hr |
| Jul 29, 7:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 8:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Taos | 84 min |
| Jul 29, 9:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 30 min |
| Jul 29, 9:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 23 min |
| Jul 29, 9:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 35 min |
| Jul 29, 9:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 29 min |
| Jul 29, 10:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Valencia | 93 min |
| Jul 29, 10:44 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Jul 29, 10:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 116 min |
| Jul 29, 10:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 29, 11:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Quay, San Miguel | 6 hr |
| Jul 30, 1:54 AM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 96 min |
| Jul 30, 4:14 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:20 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 17 hr | |
| Jul 30, 2:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 22 min | |
| Jul 30, 2:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 34 min |
| Jul 30, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 2:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 112 min |
| Jul 30, 2:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 3:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 118 min |
| Jul 30, 3:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 113 min |
| Jul 30, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 26 min |
| Jul 30, 3:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 110 min |
| Jul 30, 4:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 115 min |
| Jul 30, 4:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Jul 30, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 36 min |
| Jul 30, 4:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 27 min |
| Jul 30, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 110 min |
| Jul 30, 5:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 39 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.