Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2015
Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 4:00 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 3 Ese Miera, NM | 10 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.
- 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
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
$$
501 follow-up statement
037
WGUS75 KABQ 022224
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
424 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2015
NMC001-057-022245-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150702T2245Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BERNALILLO-TORRANCE-
424 PM MDT THU JUL 2 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN BERNALILLO AND NORTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTIES...
AT 423 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
LIGHT HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN 2.5 TO 3.5 INCHES
OF RAIN HAS FALLEN. THE AREA EAST OF MIERA ALONG HIGHWAY 7 AND 217
AND NEAR PINE SPRINGS WILL HAVE BEEN IMPACTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
CHILILI...ESCABOSA...MIERA AND PONDEROSA PINES.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3504 10624 3504 10610 3486 10610 3488 10633
3505 10631 3505 10625
$$
50The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 6:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min | |
| Jul 1, 6:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 110 min |
| Jul 1, 6:21 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 24 min |
| Jul 1, 6:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 34 min |
| Jul 1, 7:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 23 min |
| Jul 1, 7:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 88 min |
| Jul 1, 7:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 25 min |
| Jul 1, 7:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 23 min | |
| Jul 1, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 8:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 114 min |
| Jul 1, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 9:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 9:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 min |
| Jul 1, 10:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
| Jul 2, 10:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 13 hr | |
| Jul 2, 12:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 35 min |
| Jul 2, 1:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 115 min |
| Jul 2, 1:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 51 min |
| Jul 2, 1:17 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, Taos | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 1:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Torrance | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 117 min |
| Jul 2, 2:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 2:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 115 min |
| Jul 2, 2:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 23 min |
| Jul 2, 2:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 117 min |
| Jul 2, 3:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 113 min |
| Jul 2, 3:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 115 min |
| Jul 2, 3:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Santa Fe | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 3:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Taos | 115 min |
| Jul 2, 3:43 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 3:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 117 min |
| Jul 2, 4:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt | 113 min |
| Jul 2, 4:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 118 min |
| Jul 2, 4:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 4:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 2 hr |
| Jul 2, 5:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 116 min |
| Jul 2, 5:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Taos | 111 min |
| Jul 2, 5:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 2 hr |
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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.