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Flash Flood Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 20, 2018, 2:34 PM MST for Cibola County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 20, 2018, 2:34 PM MST (21:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 20, 2018, 5:30 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Cibola County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 14 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 6 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -61 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
496 WGUS55 KABQ 202134 FFWABQ NMC006-210030- /O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0049.180720T2134Z-180721T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 334 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2018 The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a * Flash Flood Warning for... North central Cibola County in west central New Mexico... * Until 630 PM MDT. * At 333 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to begin shortly. * Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Cibola County. This will impact the Diener Canyon and Bluewater wild fire burn scars. Some locations impacted due to the Diener Canyon scar include Forest Roads 480 and 504 as well as Ojo Redondo Campground and Post Office Flat. Some locations impacted due to the Bluewater scar include State Road 612 and Forest Road 178, Bluewater Creek, Bluewater Lake State Park and Bluewater Parking Area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe. && LAT...LON 3529 10800 3513 10801 3513 10817 3529 10817 $$ 28
2 follow-up statements
080 WGUS75 KABQ 202301 FFSABQ Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 501 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2018 NMC006-210030- /O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180721T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Cibola- 501 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY... At 458 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing moderate rain across the warned area. Up to one inch of rain has already fallen over portions of the area. Flash flooding is expected to continue. Flash flooding will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Cibola County. This will impact the Diener Canyon and Bluewater wild fire burn scars. Some locations impacted due to the Diener Canyon scar include Forest Roads 480 and 504 as well as Ojo Redondo Campground and Post Office Flat. Some locations impacted due to the Bluewater scar include State Road 612 and Forest Road 178, Bluewater Creek, Bluewater Lake State Park and Bluewater Parking Area. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Stay away or be swept away. River banks and culverts can become unstable and unsafe. && LAT...LON 3529 10800 3513 10801 3513 10817 3529 10817 $$ 28
882 WGUS75 KABQ 210026 FFSABQ Flash Flood Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 626 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2018 NMC006-210032- /O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0049.000000T0000Z-180721T0030Z/ /00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ Cibola- 626 PM MDT FRI JUL 20 2018 ...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 630 PM MDT... Light showers will continue until around 7 PM across the western portions of the Diener Canyon and Bluewater burn scars with little additional accumulation. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures. LAT...LON 3529 10800 3513 10801 3513 10817 3529 10817 $$ 28
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 20, 1:21 AM MST | Heat Advisory | ABQ | 19 hr | |
| Jul 20, 12:14 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 3 hr |
| Jul 20, 2:03 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 27 min | |
| Jul 20, 2:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 114 min |
| Jul 20, 2:22 PM MST | Heat Advisory | ABQ | 29 hr |
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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.