Flash Flood Warning 28, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 7, 2016, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)

Expired

Aug 7, 2016, 4:30 PM MDT

In force

118 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County San Miguel County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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297 
WGUS55 KABQ 072032
FFWABQ
NMC047-072230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0028.160807T2032Z-160807T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
232 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT
    
* AT 228 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN IN THE SAPELLO RIVER BASIN
  BETWEEN CANONCITO AND SAN IGNACIO. RADAR ESTIMATED UP TO 3 INCHES
  OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN LIKELY.
  FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY TO IMPACT PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 266 BETWEEN
  SAN IGNACIO...LAS TUSAS...AND SAPELLO...AND HIGHWAY 94 NEAR
  MANUELITAS. COUNTY ROADS A4A AND A3A WILL ALSO BE IMPACTED.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SAPELLO AND MANUELITAS. 

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.

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3582 10529 3578 10522 3575 10524 3576 10535
      3580 10542 3583 10539

$$

GUYER

131 
WGUS75 KABQ 072146
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
346 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016

NMC047-072230-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160807T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN MIGUEL-
346 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR
NORTHERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...

AT 341 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. RADAR ESTIMATED A LARGE
AREA OF UP TO 3 INCHES OF RAIN OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN BETWEEN
CANONCITO AND SAN IGNACIO. A FLOOD WAVE IS LIKELY MOVING DOWN
MANUELITAS CREEK AND THE SAPELLO RIVER. FLASH FLOODING IS STILL
LIKELY ALONG PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 266 AND HIGHWAY 94. THIS WATER WILL
ARRIVE AT DIVERSION STRUCTURES BENEATH THE HIGHWAY 518 BRIDGE IN
SAPELLO THROUGH 430 PM. COUNTY ROADS A1...A4A...AND A3A WILL BE
IMPACTED AS WELL.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SAPELLO AND MANUELITAS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

BOTH LOCALIZED AND DISTANT HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CREATE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.

&&

LAT...LON 3582 10529 3578 10522 3575 10524 3576 10535
      3580 10542 3583 10539

$$

GUYER

307 
WGUS75 KABQ 072224
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
424 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016

NMC047-072232-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0028.000000T0000Z-160807T2230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
SAN MIGUEL-
424 PM MDT SUN AUG 7 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTHERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY WILL EXPIRE
AT 430 PM MDT...

THE HEAVIEST RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. MINOR FLOODING
WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3582 10529 3578 10522 3575 10524 3576 10535
      3580 10542 3583 10539

$$

GUYER

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2016Every flash flood warning in 2016

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.