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Flash Flood Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 27, 2017Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 27, 2017, 7:25 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 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 27, 2017, 7:25 PM MDT (01:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 27, 2017, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Harding County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:27 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 227 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: 202 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

591 
WGUS55 KABQ 280125
FFWABQ
NMC021-280330-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0013.170728T0125Z-170728T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
725 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  West central Harding County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 930 PM MDT.

* At 724 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to two inches of rain have
  already fallen. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Solano.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Arroyos, streams and normally dry rivers can become raging killer
currents in a matter of minutes. Water in arroyos can travel many
miles and take hours to reach your location from upstream rain areas.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 10407 3578 10413 3581 10418 3593 10421
      3596 10404 3584 10397

$$

RJH

2 follow-up statements

054 
WGUS75 KABQ 280207
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
807 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017

NMC021-280330-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170728T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Harding-
807 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY...

At 806 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area.  Flash flooding is expected to 
have already begun.

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Solano.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Excessive runoff from heavy rainfall will cause flooding of normally
dry arroyos and streambeds, low water crossings, intersections, and
underpasses as well as other poor drainage
and low lying areas.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 10407 3578 10413 3581 10418 3593 10421
      3596 10404 3584 10397

$$

RJH

585 
WGUS75 KABQ 280320
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
920 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017

NMC021-280330-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0013.000000T0000Z-170728T0330Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Harding-
920 PM MDT THU JUL 27 2017

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 930 PM MDT...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3578 10407 3578 10413 3581 10418 3593 10421
      3596 10404 3584 10397

$$

RJH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	112 min
Jul 27, 6:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	2 hr
Jul 27, 6:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 27, 6:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	117 min
Jul 27, 6:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 27, 6:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	3 hr
Jul 27, 7:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	118 min
Jul 27, 7:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		34 min
Jul 27, 7:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	85 min
Jul 27, 7:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel, Torrance	2 hr
Jul 27, 9:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	87 min
Jul 27, 9:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	97 min
Jul 28, 1:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	114 min
Jul 28, 1:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	113 min
Jul 28, 2:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	116 min
Jul 28, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Jul 28, 3:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	2 hr
Jul 28, 3:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Taos	2 hr
Jul 28, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	33 min
Jul 28, 5:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan	115 min
Jul 28, 5:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	2 hr
Jul 28, 5:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	112 min

Nearby

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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.