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Flash Flood Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 20, 2015Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2015, 2:14 PM MDT for Roosevelt 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 20, 2015, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2015, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Roosevelt County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 761 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -196 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1533 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

262 
WGUS55 KABQ 202014
FFWABQ
NMC041-202215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0039.150720T2014Z-150720T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
214 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT
    
* AT 213 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. FLASH
  FLOODING IS LIKELY ESPECIALLY IN THE METRO AREA OF PORTALES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PORTALES AND OASIS STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY.

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3408 10336 3402 10348 3418 10351 3430 10337
      3430 10335 3420 10329

$$

JAF

2 follow-up statements

813 
WGUS75 KABQ 202110
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
310 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2015

NMC041-202215-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150720T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROOSEVELT-
310 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY...

AT 304 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
ONLY LIGHT RAIN SHOWERS RAIN REMAINED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. 
HOWEVER...THE THREAT FOR FLOODING ON CITY STREETS AND ROADWAYS 
CONTINUES AS REPORTS BETWEEN HALF AN INCH TO NEARLY AN INCH OF RAIN 
FELL WITHIN DOWNTOWN PORTALES...LEADING TO WATER FLOWING THROUGH THE 
STREETS. THERE IS ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL STORMS TO 
DEVELOP OVER THE AREA AND PRODUCE MORE HEAVY RAIN. AVOID DRIVING 
THROUGH FLOODED ROADS AND OTHER LOW WATER CROSSINGS WITHIN THE 
WARNED AREA.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PORTALES AND OASIS STATE PARK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOST FLOOD RELATED DEATHS OCCUR IN AUTOMOBILES. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO
CROSS WATER COVERED BRIDGES...DIPS...OR LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE NUMEROUS LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN.  DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND AN ALTERNATE ROUTE.  IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES
OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

&&

LAT...LON 3408 10336 3402 10348 3418 10351 3430 10337
      3430 10335 3420 10329

$$

JAF

004 
WGUS75 KABQ 202206
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
406 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2015

NMC041-202215-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0039.000000T0000Z-150720T2215Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
ROOSEVELT-
406 PM MDT MON JUL 20 2015

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 415 PM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO 
POSE A THREAT. THUS THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO 
EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3408 10336 3402 10348 3418 10351 3430 10337
      3430 10335 3420 10329

$$

JAF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 6:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	15 min
Jul 20, 12:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	110 min
Jul 20, 2:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	115 min
Jul 20, 2:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	116 min
Jul 20, 2:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe	118 min
Jul 20, 3:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	117 min
Jul 20, 3:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	112 min
Jul 20, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		25 min
Jul 20, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	43 min
Jul 20, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	38 min
Jul 20, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	48 min
Jul 20, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	25 min
Jul 20, 5:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	118 min
Jul 20, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	36 min
Jul 20, 5:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay	115 min
Jul 20, 5:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	2 hr
Jul 20, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	50 min
Jul 20, 5:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	2 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.