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Flash Flood Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 4, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT for Santa Fe 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
- Jun 4, 2016, 7:45 PM MDT (01:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2016, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 90 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Santa Fe County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:47 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2698 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted.
400
WGUS55 KABQ 050145
FFWABQ
NMC049-050315-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0002.160605T0145Z-160605T0315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
745 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
NORTH CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 915 PM MDT
* AT 744 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FLASH FLOODING FROM
THUNDERSTORMS THAT PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED
AREA. ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. FLASH FLOODING
IS OCCURRING AROUND LA PUEBLA AND ARROYO SECO.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA CRUZ...CUARTELEZ...LA PUEBLA AND SOMBRILLO.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE.
STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME
UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.
&&
LAT...LON 3594 10597 3594 10605 3600 10605 3600 10593
$$
GUYER2 follow-up statements
772 WGUS75 KABQ 050215 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 815 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NMC049-050315- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160605T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA FE- 815 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY... AT 811 PM MDT...LOCAL EMERGENCY PERSONNEL ARE RESPONDING TO FLASH FLOODING AROUND LA PUEBLA. NUMEROUS ROADS ARE CLOSED AND WATER RESCUES CONTINUE IN THE AREA. NEVER DRIVE AROUND A ROAD CLOSURE. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SANTA CRUZ...CUARTELEZ...LA PUEBLA AND SOMBRILLO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. && LAT...LON 3594 10597 3594 10605 3600 10605 3600 10593 $$ GUYER
697 WGUS75 KABQ 050313 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 913 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2016 NMC049-050321- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160605T0315Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ SANTA FE- 913 PM MDT SAT JUN 4 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 915 PM MDT... THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE AREA. FLOOD WATERS ARE STILL RECEDING. NOW THAT IT IS DARK OUTSIDE...IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO SEE WATER OVER THE ROADWAY AND WITHIN LOW WATER CROSSINGS. NEVER ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED ROADWAY. NO ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED THROUGH MIDNIGHT. LAT...LON 3594 10597 3594 10605 3600 10605 3600 10593 $$ GUYER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 36 min |
| Jun 4, 6:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 46 min |
| Jun 4, 7:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 95 min |
| Jun 4, 7:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 85 min |
| Jun 5, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Jun 5, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 36 min |
| Jun 5, 3:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 28 min |
| Jun 5, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 31 min | |
| Jun 5, 3:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora | 119 min |
| Jun 5, 3:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 36 min | |
| Jun 5, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 26 min |
| Jun 5, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 33 min |
| Jun 5, 4:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 31 min |
| Jun 5, 4:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 41 min |
| Jun 5, 4:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Taos | 52 min |
| Jun 5, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 50 min |
| Jun 5, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 5:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 5:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Taos | 114 min |
| Jun 5, 5:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 29 min |
| Jun 5, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 32 min |
| Jun 5, 5:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 30 min |
| Jun 5, 5:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 5:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.