Flash Flood Warning 82, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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WGUS75 KABQ 020215
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
815 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

NMC027-020345-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-180802T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln-
815 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

At 814 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated light to moderate rain across 
the warned area. Extensive runoff will continue through 945 PM MDT. 

Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Ruidoso, Ruidoso Downs, Tinnie, Glencoe, Hondo, Fort Stanton, San
Patricio and Lincoln State Monument.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where water covers the roadway.
The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3330 10532 3331 10563 3349 10562 3352 10543
      3338 10521 3326 10531

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666 
WGUS75 KABQ 020352
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
952 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

NMC027-020402-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0082.000000T0000Z-180802T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln-
952 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY HAS
EXPIRED...

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

LAT...LON 3330 10532 3331 10563 3349 10562 3352 10543
      3338 10521 3326 10531

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Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
544 PM MDT Wed Aug 1 2018

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE
Strong to severe thunderstorms will continue across central and
eastern NM into the evening hours. Large hail and wind gusts to 50kt
will be possible, mainly across eastern NM. These storms will slowly
shift south/southeast around 5 to 10kt. TAF sites likely to be
impacted this eve include KABQ/KAEG and KTCC, with lesser confidence
at KROW until late. Brief MVFR vsbys in heavy rain is also possible.
Storms should largely dissipate by 06Z Thu, but a few storms may
linger overnight. Another round of thunderstorms is expected
Thursday, initially forming over the high terrain and drifting
south/southeast. Outflow boundary collisions will help drive storms
onto the lower elevations.

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.PREV DISCUSSION...335 PM MDT Wed Aug 1 2018...
.SYNOPSIS...
High pressure aloft remains over Arizona with an upper level
disturbance expected to drop from Utah southeastward into New Mexico.
This will produce a swath of additional showers and thunderstorms
over central and east central New Mexico into the evening hours with
some storms turning strong to severe with heavy downpours, gusty
winds, and hail. Into Thursday, high pressure will inch toward the
Arizona-New Mexico border with showers and thunderstorms favoring
the central mountain chain and the Continental Divide before moving
into some adjacent lower elevations. A similar thunderstorm trend
will persist into Friday with temperatures hovering near to just
slightly above average for early August. High pressure will slowly
build over New Mexico this weekend, reducing storms somewhat, but not
completely inhibiting them.

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.DISCUSSION...
The short wave disturbance can be seen on water vapor imagery over
Utah, and should drop southeastward, pushing lift and an associated
arc-shaped line of new convection into NM into the night. Storms
will continue to have a tendency to be strong to severe, as
prevailing surface winds are primarily exhibiting south southwesterly
components with the northerly flow in the mid troposphere, yielding
increased bulk shear values. A quick glimpse of the radar and
satellite verifies the high instability advertised by the models, and
convection should remain fairly active into the evening. Lower PWATs
are wrapping over the northern mountains of NM, but elsewhere PWATs
range from about 1.0 to 1.5 inch and will add a locally heavy
rainfall threat.

Into Thursday, the wave will have passed through offering a lull as
a brief wave of subsidence passes over, but into the late afternoon
and evening more storms are expected to fire along and west of the
central mountain chain. Drier PWATs will linger over the northern
mountains, and steering flow won't benefit from any speed increases
as the dome of high pressure nudges toward the AZ-NM border. This
would, however, begin to limit the severity of storms with bulk
shear slowly decreasing. As far as temperatures are concerned, a
persistence forecast seems suffice with a few localized areas
observing premature temperature drops during storms.

By Friday, the anticyclone jogs slightly south with a similar storm
and temperature regime continuing over NM. Again, lowest PWATs would
be found over the northern mountains, but heftier values between 1.0
and 1.4 would be found in the southwestern mountains and near/just
east of the central mountain chain. By the weekend high pressure
expands some with a potential ill-defined centroid appearing in
southwestern or south central NM. Mid-tropospheric pressure heights
will not be much higher than they are now, possibly just a couple
decameters higher, but this seems to be enough subsidence to reduce,
but not fully eliminate storm coverage.

After staying atop of NM for the first part of next week, the
anticyclone should creep back over and even northwest of the Four
Corners region by late Tuesday and Wednesday. This would make storm
potential heavily reliant on back door frontal intrusions, which the
GFS is already advocating, with one entering northeastern NM by
Tuesday and shoving more low layer moisture westward into the evening
and on into Wednesday.

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.FIRE WEATHER...
Showers and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall have developed across
much of the higher terrain this afternoon. This activity will merge
into the Rio Grande Valley then become a large convective complex
over eastern NM this evening. Upper level high pressure will drift
east into western NM through Friday and bring steering flow to a
halt. This will elevate the potential for flash flooding over the
entire area, especially around burn scars. High temperatures will be
near to slightly above normal in this pattern.

Upper level high pressure will strengthen enough over the weekend to
suppress the coverage of showers and storms. Temperatures will warm
a few more degrees above normal with lower humidity and poor to fair
ventilation. The high center is shown to shift back to the northwest
early next week and allow deeper moisture to return to NM. This
pattern will trend temperatures closer to normal with more heavy rain
possible.

Guyer

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
None.

&&

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
553 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

NMZ511-518-519-020030-
Santa Fe Metro Area-Jemez Mountains-Middle Rio Grande
Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
553 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL AND
SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

At 553 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Kewa Pueblo, or 14 miles northeast of Bernalillo, moving southeast at
10 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Santo Domingo Pueblo, San Felipe Pueblo, Kewa Pueblo, Domingo, Pena
Blanca and Algodones.

This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 249 and 263.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

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LAT...LON 3544 10616 3531 10638 3532 10641 3547 10655
      3560 10639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 317DEG 10KT 3549 10642

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
601 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

NMZ527-530-020030-
Union County-Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa-
601 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL
630 PM MDT...

At 601 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Folsom, or near Des Moines, moving southeast at 20 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Des Moines, Folsom and Capulin.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on highways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3674 10404 3690 10395 3682 10367 3660 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 294DEG 16KT 3680 10391

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
613 PM MDT WED AUG 01 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0548 PM     HAIL             BELEN                   34.66N 106.78W
08/01/2018  E1.00 INCH       VALENCIA           NM   PUBLIC

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EVENT NUMBER ABQ201800776

JLS

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
614 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

NMZ524-020045-
South Central Highlands-
614 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL SOCORRO AND SOUTHERN
TORRANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM MDT...

At 614 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southwest of Gran Quivira, or 37 miles west of Corona, moving
east at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central
Socorro and southern Torrance Counties.

Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.

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LAT...LON 3411 10636 3429 10630 3425 10602 3402 10610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 286DEG 13KT 3419 10625

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
627 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

NMZ507-519-020100-
West Central Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro
Area-
627 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CIBOLA AND BERNALILLO
COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

At 627 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles northeast of Mesita, or 16 miles east of Laguna Pueblo, moving
southeast at 20 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Tohajiilee.

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 131 and 147.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on highways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3508 10722 3523 10709 3509 10679 3489 10699
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 307DEG 17KT 3512 10709

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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
640 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

NMZ530-020115-
Union County-
640 PM MDT WED AUG 1 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL
715 PM MDT...

At 640 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hayden, or 9 miles northwest of Amistad, moving southeast at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Amistad and Hayden.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on highways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3578 10322 3596 10338 3600 10338 3600 10337
      3603 10337 3612 10325 3599 10304 3592 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0040Z 315DEG 12KT 3601 10328

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