Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 5, 2016, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)

Expired

Aug 5, 2016, 6:15 PM MDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County McKinley County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 170 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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

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WGUS55 KABQ 052314
FFWABQ
NMC031-060015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0021.160805T2314Z-160806T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
514 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 615 PM MDT
    
* AT 513 PM MDT...GAUGE REPORTS INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING
  VERY HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA...INCLUDING THE CITY OF
  GALLUP. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY OCCURRING.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  GALLUP...CHURCH ROCK...RED ROCK...ALLISON AND GAMERCO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF NORMALLY
DRY ARROYOS AND STREAMBEDS...LOW WATER CROSSINGS...INTERSECTIONS...
AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER POOR DRAINAGE AND LOW LYING AREAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3559 10849 3542 10865 3549 10885 3567 10871

$$

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608 
WGUS75 KABQ 052340
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
540 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016

NMC031-060015-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160806T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCKINLEY-
540 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY...

AT 539 PM MDT...EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED HEAVY RAIN DUE TO
THUNDERSTORMS IN GALLUP...AT AZTEC BETWEEN 8TH AND 10TH STREETS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GALLUP...CHURCH ROCK...RED ROCK...ALLISON AND GAMERCO. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

DO NOT ENTER OR CROSS FLOWING WATER OR WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. 

TURN AROUND...DONT DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLASH
FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

&&

LAT...LON 3559 10849 3542 10865 3549 10885 3567 10871

$$

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845 
WGUS75 KABQ 060012
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016

NMC031-060022-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-160806T0015Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
MCKINLEY-
612 PM MDT FRI AUG 5 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 615 PM MDT...

FLOOD WATERS HAVE RECEDED...AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO POSE A
THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO HEED ANY ROAD
CLOSURES. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE THROUGH 700 PM MDT. 

LAT...LON 3559 10849 3542 10865 3549 10885 3567 10871

$$

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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.