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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 6, 2019, 3:10 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2019, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2019, 4:16 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Colfax County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2417 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
208
WGUS55 KABQ 062110
FFWABQ
NMC007-062315-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0021.190806T2110Z-190806T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
310 PM MDT Tue Aug 6 2019
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
West central Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico...
* Until 515 PM MDT.
* At 309 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing
heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is expected to
begin shortly.
* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
Philmont Scout Ranch.
This will impact the Ute Park fire burn scar including but not
limited to the Philmont Scout Ranch backcountry.
Some areas south of Highway 64 that will be impacted include Webster
and Cimarroncito Reservoirs, Cimarroncito Creek, Vaca Pond, Deer
Lake, Ute Gulch and Grouse and Sawmill Canyons.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to higher ground now. Act quickly to protect your life.
Runoff from rainfall will cause elevated water levels within
vulnerable drainages in and downstream of the Ute Park wild fire
burn area.
&&
LAT...LON 3651 10502 3649 10491 3645 10492 3647 10511
3654 10510
$$
241 follow-up statement
343
WGUS75 KABQ 062216
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
416 PM MDT Tue Aug 6 2019
NMC007-062225-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0021.000000T0000Z-190806T2315Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Colfax-
416 PM MDT Tue Aug 6 2019
...THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3651 10502 3649 10491 3645 10492 3647 10511
3654 10510
$$
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 6:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 2:12 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 108 min |
| Aug 6, 10:49 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 11 hr | |
| Aug 6, 12:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 29 min |
| Aug 6, 12:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Taos | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 12:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 53 min |
| Aug 6, 12:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 28 min |
| Aug 6, 1:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 1:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 34 min |
| Aug 6, 1:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 1:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min | |
| Aug 6, 1:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Taos | 22 min |
| Aug 6, 2:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe | 115 min |
| Aug 6, 2:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 2:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 114 min |
| Aug 6, 3:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 119 min |
| Aug 6, 3:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 3:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 4:01 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 119 min |
| Aug 6, 4:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 4:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:03 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 87 min |
| Aug 6, 5:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 2 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.