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Flash Flood Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 26, 2016Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2016, 3:47 AM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 118 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: Jul 26, 2016, 3:47 AM MDT (09:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2016, 5:45 AM MDT
In force: 118 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 195 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2994 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 143 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

186 
WGUS55 KABQ 260947
FFWABQ
NMC027-261145-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0009.160726T0947Z-160726T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
347 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 545 AM MDT
    
* AT 344 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AND
  AUTOMATED RAIN GAUGES INDICATED SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORMS
  PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN ACROSS THE WARNED AREA. UP TO TWO INCHES OF
  RAIN HAVE ALREADY FALLEN WITH ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN LIKELY. FLASH
  FLOODING IS LIKELY FROM THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  ALTO AND BONITO LAKE. 

THIS WILL IMPACT THE LITTLE BEAR BURN SCAR INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED
TO HIGHWAY 48 FROM ANGUS TO ALTO. OF PARTICULAR CONCERN WILL BE
HIGHWAY 48 AT SKI RUN ROAD...EAGLE CREEK... INTERSECTION OF HIGHWAY
37 AND 48...RIO BONITO...AND ESCUDILLA... MAGADO CREEK. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3348 10580 3345 10564 3339 10568 3339 10582
      3344 10585

$$

GUYER

2 follow-up statements

638 
WGUS75 KABQ 261047
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
447 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016

NMC027-261145-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160726T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
447 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 AM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 445 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS ENDING OVER THE WARNING AREA. 2 TO 2.5 INCHES
OF RAIN WAS REPORTED NEAR SKI APACHE AND AT RUNNELS STABLES ABOVE
BONITO LAKE. FLASH FLOODING IS LIKELY ON CREEKS AND STREAMS LEADING
TOWARD HIGHWAY 48 BETWEEN ANGUS...ALTO...AND RUIDOSO.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALTO AND BONITO LAKE. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3348 10580 3345 10564 3339 10568 3339 10582
      3344 10585

$$

GUYER

904 
WGUS75 KABQ 261138
FFSABQ

FLASH FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
538 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016

NMC027-261146-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0009.000000T0000Z-160726T1145Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
LINCOLN-
538 AM MDT TUE JUL 26 2016

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN LINCOLN COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 545 AM MDT...

THE HEAVY RAIN HAS ENDED OVER THE WARNED AREA. HIGH FLOWS ARE STILL
LIKELY WITHIN CREEKS AND STREAMS FLOWING AROUND BONITO LAKE AND SKI
APACHE...HOWEVER THE THREAT FOR SIGNIFICANT FLASH FLOODING HAS ENDED.

LAT...LON 3348 10580 3345 10564 3339 10568 3339 10582
      3344 10585

$$

GUYER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	40 min
Jul 25, 6:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	2 hr
Jul 25, 7:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay	116 min
Jul 26, 2:24 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	111 min
Jul 26, 1:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	84 min
Jul 26, 2:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	94 min
Jul 26, 5:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora	66 min

Nearby

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

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.