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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 6, 2016Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 6, 2016, 8:07 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 113 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 6, 2016, 8:07 PM MDT (02:07 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2016, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
113 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2016-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 266 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2016-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
266 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-20 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

874 
WGUS55 KABQ 070207
FFWABQ
NMC057-070400-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0004.160607T0207Z-160607T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
807 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
    
* AT 805 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. BETWEEN
  TWO TO THREE INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. HEAVY RAINFALL
  CONTINUE AND EXPECT AN ADDITIONAL 1 INCH. FLASH FLOODING IS
  LIKELY. STATE HIGHWAYS 60 AND 42 NORTHWEST OF CEDARVALE COULD BE
  IMPACTED. 

* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
  TORRANCE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3461 10559 3439 10562 3442 10594 3465 10591

$$

50
2 follow-up statements
232 
WGUS75 KABQ 070323
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
923 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

NMC057-070400-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160607T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TORRANCE-
923 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY...

AT 920 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3.5
INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDTIONAL 1 INCH WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA DUE TO ANOTHER
CLUSTER OF STORMS. STATE HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF WILLARD COULD BE
IMPACTED. 

FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
TORRANCE COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS
IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND
TAKE HOURS
TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. 

TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE
ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3461 10559 3439 10562 3442 10594 3465 10591

$$

50
237 
WGUS75 KABQ 070406
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1006 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

NMC057-070415-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160607T0400Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
TORRANCE-
1006 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED ALTHOUGH LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL
CONTINUE FOR THE NEXT HOUR OR SO. MINOR FLOODING WILL CONTINUE AS
THE SIGNIFICANT POTENTIAL LOWERS. 

LAT...LON 3461 10559 3439 10562 3442 10594 3465 10591

$$

50

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 6:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo25 min
Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union2 hr
Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance49 min
Jun 6, 6:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance33 min
Jun 6, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance44 min
Jun 6, 6:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance48 min
Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDTTornado Warning Tornado observedABQTorrance26 min
Jun 6, 7:13 PM MDTTornado WarningABQTorrance14 min
Jun 6, 7:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance2 hr
Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo30 min
Jun 6, 7:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance42 min
Jun 6, 7:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe114 min
Jun 6, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance44 min
Jun 6, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance28 min
Jun 7, 12:36 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ24 min
Jun 7, 1:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding44 min
Jun 7, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel23 min
Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro51 min
Jun 7, 3:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel41 min
Jun 7, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion49 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion28 min
Jun 7, 4:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia26 min
Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax31 min
Jun 7, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion38 min
Jun 7, 5:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel38 min
Jun 7, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel39 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.