Flash Flood Warning 40, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Aug 24, 2016, 4:51 PM MDT (22:51 UTC)

Expired

Aug 24, 2016, 6:45 PM MDT

In force

114 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Chaves County, NM

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WGUS55 KABQ 242251
FFWABQ
NMC005-250045-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0040.160824T2251Z-160825T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
451 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 645 PM MDT
    
* AT 449 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL CHAVES
  COUNTY. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY.

* FLASH FLOODING WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
  CHAVES COUNTY...THOUGH MAY IMPACT BLACKWATER DRAW...COUNTY ROADS 1
  AND 2...AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 380.

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.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3328 10489 3353 10489 3352 10464 3326 10464

$$

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258 
WGUS75 KABQ 242325
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
525 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2016

NMC005-250045-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHAVES-
525 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...

AT 523 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
CHAVES COUNTY. RADAR INDICATES THAT BETWEEN 3 AND 4 INCHES OF RAIN
MAY HAVE FALLEN ESPECIALLY JUST NORTH OF HIGHWAY 380. FLASH FLOODING
IS LIKELY OCCURRING IN BLACKWATER DRAW. FLASH FLOODING REMAINS
POSSIBLE ALONG COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 2 AND PORTIONS OF HIGHWAY 380.

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. 

&&

LAT...LON 3328 10489 3353 10489 3352 10464 3326 10464

$$

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717 
WGUS75 KABQ 250036
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
636 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2016

NMC005-250046-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0040.000000T0000Z-160825T0045Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
CHAVES-
636 PM MDT WED AUG 24 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
645 PM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED...AND FLASH FLOODING IS NO LONGER EXPECTED
TO POSE A THREAT. HOWEVER...HIGH WATER FLOWS REMAIN POSSIBLE ACROSS
WEST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...ESPECIALLY AROUND BLACKWATER DRAW. 

LAT...LON 3328 10489 3353 10489 3352 10464 3326 10464

$$

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.