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Areal Flood Advisory 310, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 2021Catron County, Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 24, 2021, 4:18 PM MDT for Catron County, Cibola County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2021, 4:18 PM MDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2021, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 219 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

787 
WGUS85 KABQ 242218
FLSABQ

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
418 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

NMC003-006-250115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.Y.0310.210724T2218Z-210725T0115Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Catron NM-Cibola NM-
418 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Arroyo and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
  Northwestern Catron County in west central New Mexico...
  Southwestern Cibola County in west central New Mexico...

* Until 715 PM MDT.

* At 418 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to 
  thunderstorms west and southwest of Fence Lake to the Arizona 
  border. Up to 1 inch of rain has fallen. This will cause arroyo 
  and small stream flooding, including Carrizo Wash.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  mainly rural areas of Northwestern Catron and Southwestern Cibola 
  Counties

Minor flooding can also be expected on St. Johns Road and Pina Ranch 
Road.

Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are expected over the area. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Remember, ditches are deadly. A gentle flow of water can become a 
raging torrent in a few minutes.

Most flood related deaths occur in automobiles. Do not attempt to 
cross water covered bridges, dips, or low water crossings.

&&

LAT...LON 3463 10905 3465 10905 3470 10897 3472 10890
      3472 10879 3464 10879 3458 10879 3455 10879
      3446 10885 3443 10892 3445 10902 3445 10905
      3447 10905

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 23, 6:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	119 min
Jul 23, 6:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	4 hr
Jul 23, 6:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	111 min
Jul 23, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Jul 23, 6:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 23, 6:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	26 min
Jul 23, 6:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	3 hr
Jul 23, 7:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 23, 7:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	119 min
Jul 23, 8:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		23 min
Jul 23, 8:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 24, 12:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	28 min
Jul 24, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	44 min
Jul 24, 1:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan	3 hr
Jul 24, 1:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 24, 2:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Jul 24, 3:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 24, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Jul 24, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	35 min
Jul 24, 4:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 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.