Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2017
Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Oct 3, 2017, 11:15 PM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 3, 2017, 11:15 PM MDT (05:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 4, 2017, 2:15 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:17 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 4, 1:45 AM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Fort Sumner, NM | WATER OVER HIGHWAY 84 IN NORTHERN FORT SUMNER TEMPORARILY CLOSING THE HIGHWAY. WATER RECEDED BY 130 AM. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.3 hours before the alert went out and 226 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
- 1207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 577 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.5
- Supercell composite
- 3.1
The text
As transmitted.
945 WGUS55 KABQ 040515 FFWABQ NMC011-019-037-040815- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0049.171004T0515Z-171004T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 1115 PM MDT TUE OCT 3 2017 The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... Northeastern De Baca County in east central New Mexico... Southwestern Quay County in east central New Mexico... Eastern Guadalupe County in east central New Mexico... * Until 215 AM MDT. * At 1113 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing very heavy rain between Fort Sumner and Montoya. Rainfall amounts between 2 and 4 inches will be common with these slow moving storms. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fort Sumner and Taiban. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flash flooding. To report flooding, contact your local law enforcement agency and the National Weather Service Office in Albuquerque when you can do so safely. && LAT...LON 3507 10398 3440 10399 3447 10431 3488 10434 $$ CA
1 follow-up statement
649 WGUS75 KABQ 040558 FFSABQ Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 1158 PM MDT TUE OCT 3 2017 NMC011-019-037-040815- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-171004T0815Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ De Baca-Quay-Guadalupe- 1158 PM MDT TUE OCT 3 2017 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 AM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN DE BACA...SOUTHWESTERN QUAY AND EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES... At 1156 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated slow moving thunderstorms producing very heavy rain east of Fort Sumner and south of Newkirk. Flash flooding of low water crossings and of many Pecos River drainages is likely. Some locations that will experience flooding include... Fort Sumner and Taiban. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood deaths occur in vehicles. Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the dangers of flash flooding. To report flooding, contact your local law enforcement agency and the National Weather Service Office in Albuquerque when you can do so safely. && LAT...LON 3507 10398 3440 10399 3447 10431 3488 10434 $$ CA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 3, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 29 min |
| Oct 3, 7:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 32 min |
| Oct 3, 7:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 31 min |
| Oct 3, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 35 min | |
| Oct 3, 8:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 34 min |
| Oct 3, 8:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 119 min |
| Oct 3, 9:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 118 min |
| Oct 3, 9:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 94 min |
| Oct 3, 9:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 29 min |
| Oct 3, 9:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 9:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 44 min |
| Oct 3, 9:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 40 min |
| Oct 3, 9:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Oct 3, 10:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 41 min |
| Oct 3, 11:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 40 min |
| Oct 3, 11:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 113 min |
| Oct 3, 11:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 12:26 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 12:58 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 9:16 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca | 3 hr |
| Oct 4, 10:52 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 43 hr | |
| Oct 4, 2:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry | 116 min |
| Oct 4, 2:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 49 min | |
| Oct 4, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 25 min | |
| Oct 4, 2:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 44 min |
| Oct 4, 2:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 49 min |
| Oct 4, 3:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 114 min |
| Oct 4, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 45 min |
| Oct 4, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 42 min |
| Oct 4, 3:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, San Juan | 115 min |
| Oct 4, 4:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 4:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval | 46 min |
| Oct 4, 4:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 29 min |
| Oct 4, 4:49 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 116 min |
| Oct 4, 5:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 2 hr |
| Oct 4, 5:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 30 min |
| Oct 4, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 51 min |
| Oct 4, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 47 min |
| Oct 4, 5:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 118 min |
| Oct 4, 5:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 117 min |
| Oct 4, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 36 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.