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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2015, 5:30 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 90 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 1, 2015, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2015, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Guadalupe County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:33 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -115 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1278 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
705
WGUS55 KABQ 012330
FFWABQ
NMC019-020100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0049.150801T2330Z-150802T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2015
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 700 PM MDT
* AT 527 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAIN 8 TO 10 MILES NORTH
OF NEWKIRK. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY. RAINFALL UP TO 3 INCHES CAN
BE EXPECTED AS THE SLOW-MOVING STORM DRIFT TOWARD THE EAST OR
SOUTHEAST. IMPACTS TO STATE ROAD 129 BETWEEN NEWKIRK AND CONCHAS
WILL BE SIGNIFICANT...INCLUDING WATER OVER THE ROAD IN AREAS.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWKIRK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3507 10414 3505 10450 3513 10453 3522 10441
3521 10412 3509 10413
$$
412 follow-up statements
561
WGUS75 KABQ 020047
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
647 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2015
NMC019-020100-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150802T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE-
647 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY...
AT 646 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS STILL PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS NORTHEAST GUADALUPE
COUNTY. THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING WILL PERSIST FOR A SHORT
TIME.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEWKIRK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
&&
LAT...LON 3507 10414 3505 10450 3513 10453 3522 10441
3521 10412 3509 10413
$$
44697
WGUS75 KABQ 020056
FFSABQ
FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
656 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2015
NMC019-020106-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-150802T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
GUADALUPE-
656 PM MDT SAT AUG 1 2015
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 700 PM MDT...
THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE
A THREAT.
LAT...LON 3507 10414 3505 10450 3513 10453 3522 10441
3521 10412 3509 10413
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 6:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 30 min |
| Jul 31, 6:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 117 min |
| Jul 31, 7:19 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 116 min |
| Jul 31, 7:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 8:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry | 2 hr |
| Jul 31, 9:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 116 min |
| Aug 1, 5:24 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 16 hr | |
| Aug 1, 11:55 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 95 min |
| Aug 1, 11:59 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 12:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos | 112 min |
| Aug 1, 12:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 111 min |
| Aug 1, 1:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 1:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 118 min |
| Aug 1, 1:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 80 min |
| Aug 1, 2:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Juan | 88 min |
| Aug 1, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 2:31 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 119 min |
| Aug 1, 2:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Taos | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, Taos | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 3:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 4:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 115 min |
| Aug 1, 4:15 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 90 min |
| Aug 1, 4:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 89 min |
| Aug 1, 4:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel | 26 min |
| Aug 1, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia | 119 min |
| Aug 1, 5:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, Valencia | 115 min |
| Aug 1, 5:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 5:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe | 118 min |
| Aug 1, 5:58 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.