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Flash Flood Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 6, 2019Colfax County, New Mexico

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 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, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2019-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 39 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2019-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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

$$

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1 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

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora36 min
Aug 6, 2:12 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax108 min
Aug 6, 10:49 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ11 hr
Aug 6, 12:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance29 min
Aug 6, 12:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTaos2 hr
Aug 6, 12:32 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax53 min
Aug 6, 12:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe28 min
Aug 6, 1:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel2 hr
Aug 6, 1:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe34 min
Aug 6, 1:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe26 min
Aug 6, 1:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ37 min
Aug 6, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTaos22 min
Aug 6, 2:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, San Miguel, Santa Fe115 min
Aug 6, 2:24 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Aug 6, 2:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval114 min
Aug 6, 3:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax119 min
Aug 6, 3:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval3 hr
Aug 6, 3:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel2 hr
Aug 6, 4:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval119 min
Aug 6, 4:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo44 min
Aug 6, 4:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval2 hr
Aug 6, 5:03 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval87 min
Aug 6, 5:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo2 hr

Nearby

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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.