Alert archive / New Mexico / Areal Flood Advisories in 2018
Areal Flood Advisory 252, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 26, 2018, 8:53 AM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 112 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 26, 2018, 8:53 AM MDT (14:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2018, 10:45 AM MDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:54 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 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 303 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
- 111 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2131 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 236 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this areal flood advisory went out at Jul 26, 5:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 5:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 3:18 AM MDT, 5 hours 35 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 318 AM MDT Thu Jul 26 2018 NMZ501>540-271100- Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands- Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains- West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains- San Francisco River Valley-San Juan Mountains-Jemez Mountains- West Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains- Northern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet/Red River- Southern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet- East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley- Lower Chama River Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area- Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains-Estancia Valley- Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-Upper Tularosa Valley- South Central Mountains-Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa- Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-Union County- Harding County-Eastern San Miguel County-Guadalupe County- Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-De Baca County- Chaves County Plains-Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County- 318 AM MDT Thu Jul 26 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected today through the overnight. Storm motions will be slow and rainfall could become heavy. This may lead to localized areas of flash flooding, especially over and near recent and older burn scars. Isolated locations may receive up to 2 inches of rainfall. A few storms may also produce small hail and wind gusts to 50 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected each afternoon and evening through the rest of the week into next week. Rainfall could become heavy leading to localized areas of flash flooding, especially over and near recent and older burn scars. Isolated locations may receive up to 2 inches of rainfall. A few storms may also produce small hail and wind gusts to 50 mph. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts and any flooding through the National Weather Service Albuquerque web site at weather.gov/abq or by calling 1.888.386.7637. 24
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 7:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 1:53 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 35 min |
| Jul 26, 2:13 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 3 hr |
| Jul 26, 2:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min | |
| Jul 26, 2:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 3:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 118 min |
| Jul 26, 4:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 114 min |
Nearby
Areal Flood Advisories in New Mexico, 2018Every areal flood advisory in 2018
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.