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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 2, 2015Bernalillo County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2015, 2:47 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 118 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 2, 2015, 2:47 PM MDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2015, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
118 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 2, 4:00 PM MDTFLASH FLOOD3 Ese Miera, NM10 FT WALL OF WATER SURGED THROUGH GULLY ON PRIVATE PROPERTY NEAR HOLLI LOOP

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 35 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2221 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
87 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.

563 
WGUS55 KABQ 022047
FFWABQ
NMC001-057-022245-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0021.150702T2047Z-150702T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
247 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  NORTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 445 PM MDT
    
* AT 245 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 
  TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN AND EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 
  0.5 TO 1 INCH. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 
  217 AND 7 EAST OF PONDEROSA AND NORTH OF CHILILI. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CHILILI...ESCABOSA...MIERA AND PONDEROSA PINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

TURN AROUND...DON/T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3504 10624 3504 10610 3486 10610 3488 10633
      3505 10631 3505 10625

$$

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1 follow-up statement
037 
WGUS75 KABQ 022224
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
424 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2015

NMC001-057-022245-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150702T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERNALILLO-TORRANCE-
424 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BERNALILLO AND NORTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTIES...

AT 423 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
LIGHT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES 
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE AREA EAST OF MIERA ALONG HIGHWAY 7 AND 217 
AND NEAR PINE SPRINGS WILL HAVE BEEN IMPACTED. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILILI...ESCABOSA...MIERA AND PONDEROSA PINES. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.

&&

LAT...LON 3504 10624 3504 10610 3486 10610 3488 10633
      3505 10631 3505 10625

$$

50

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ26 min
Jul 1, 6:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval110 min
Jul 1, 6:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval24 min
Jul 1, 6:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba34 min
Jul 1, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo23 min
Jul 1, 7:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval88 min
Jul 1, 7:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley25 min
Jul 1, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ23 min
Jul 1, 8:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron47 min
Jul 1, 8:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley114 min
Jul 1, 8:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax61 min
Jul 1, 9:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Jul 1, 9:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion32 min
Jul 1, 10:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion31 min
Jul 2, 10:43 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ13 hr
Jul 2, 12:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora35 min
Jul 2, 1:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel115 min
Jul 2, 1:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora51 min
Jul 2, 1:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora, San Miguel3 hr
Jul 2, 1:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, Taos2 hr
Jul 2, 1:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe2 hr
Jul 2, 1:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval2 hr
Jul 2, 2:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Torrance2 hr
Jul 2, 2:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro117 min
Jul 2, 2:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron2 hr
Jul 2, 2:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola115 min
Jul 2, 2:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance23 min
Jul 2, 2:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe2 hr
Jul 2, 3:03 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo117 min
Jul 2, 3:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro113 min
Jul 2, 3:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQRio Arriba, Sandoval115 min
Jul 2, 3:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Santa Fe2 hr
Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLos Alamos, Santa Fe118 min
Jul 2, 3:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Taos115 min
Jul 2, 3:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo2 hr
Jul 2, 3:48 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval117 min
Jul 2, 4:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt113 min
Jul 2, 4:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe2 hr
Jul 2, 4:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba118 min
Jul 2, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola2 hr
Jul 2, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance2 hr
Jul 2, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Taos116 min
Jul 2, 5:24 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Taos111 min
Jul 2, 5:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves2 hr

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.