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Flash Flood Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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.
- 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
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
$$
502 follow-up statements
232 WGUS75 KABQ 070323 FFSABQ FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 923 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016 NMC057-070400- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160607T0400Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ TORRANCE- 923 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2016 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY... AT 920 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO 3.5 INCHES OF RAIN HAS ALREADY FALLEN. AN ADDTIONAL 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE WARNED AREA DUE TO ANOTHER CLUSTER OF STORMS. STATE HIGHWAY 60 EAST OF WILLARD COULD BE IMPACTED. FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND NOW. ACT QUICKLY TO PROTECT YOUR LIFE. ARROYOS...STREAMS AND NORMALLY DRY WASHES CAN BECOME RAGING CURRENTS IN A MATTER OF MINUTES. WATER IN ARROYOS MAY TRAVEL MANY MILES AND TAKE HOURS TO REACH YOUR LOCATION FROM UPSTREAM RAIN AREAS. TO REPORT FLOODING...CONTACT THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST OFFICE ALBUQUERQUE AT 1-888-386-7637. && LAT...LON 3461 10559 3439 10562 3442 10594 3465 10591 $$ 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 6:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 25 min |
| Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 6:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 6:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 33 min |
| Jun 6, 6:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 6:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 7:13 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 14 min |
| Jun 6, 7:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 2 hr |
| Jun 6, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 42 min |
| Jun 6, 7:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 114 min |
| Jun 6, 8:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 44 min |
| Jun 6, 8:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 12:36 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 24 min | |
| Jun 7, 1:01 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 44 min |
| Jun 7, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 23 min |
| Jun 7, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 51 min |
| Jun 7, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 41 min |
| Jun 7, 3:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 49 min |
| Jun 7, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 28 min |
| Jun 7, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 26 min |
| Jun 7, 4:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 38 min |
| Jun 7, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 39 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.