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Areal Flood Advisory 607, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 4, 2021San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this areal flood advisory at Sep 4, 2021, 2:50 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Sep 4, 2021, 2:50 PM MDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: Sep 4, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 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, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

220 
WGUS85 KABQ 042050
FLSABQ

Flood Advisory
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
250 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021

NMC047-050000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FA.Y.0607.210904T2050Z-210905T0000Z/
/00000.N.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
San Miguel NM-
250 PM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Arroyo and Small Stream Flood Advisory for...
  West Central San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 250 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated heavy rain due to slow 
  moving thunderstorms between Mineral Hill, San Pablo and Las 
  Vegas. This will cause arroyo and small stream flooding. Between 
  0.5 and 1.5 inches of rain have fallen so far.

* Some locations that will experience flooding include...
  Las Vegas, Romeroville, Montezuma, Tecolote, El Porvenir, San 
  Geronimo, San Pablo, Ojitos Frios, Mineral Hill and Gallinas.

This includes the following streams and drainages...
  Zarca, Agua, Into Vega, Rito la, El Rito, Vega, Rito la, Tecolote 
  Creek, Upper Tecolote Creek, Commissary Creek, Tres Hermanos 
  Creek, San Pablo Creek, Olympia, Agua, Into Cow Creek, Cow Creek, 
  Cabo Lucero Creek, Into Upper Tres Hermanos Creek, Into Zarca, 
  Agua, Falls Creek, Into Gallinas River, Arroyo la Manga, Bull 
  Creek, Corrales Creek, Canada del Alto Reunion / Cabo Lucero, Into 
  Falls Creek, Into Pecos River, Pecos, Arroyo, Into Tecolote Creek, 
  Gallinas River and Telephone Canyon.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

In hilly or mountainous terrain there are numerous of low water 
crossings which are potentially dangerous in heavy rain. Do not 
attempt to cross flooded roads. Find an alternate route. Turn around 
don't drown!

&&

LAT...LON 3561 10521 3560 10518 3552 10518 3550 10519
      3547 10522 3544 10525 3545 10530 3545 10541
      3546 10546 3550 10552 3553 10555 3556 10556
      3561 10555 3563 10554 3564 10551 3565 10543
      3569 10537 3569 10534 3567 10530 3566 10525

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	24 min
Sep 3, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	27 min
Sep 3, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
Sep 4, 11:06 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln and 7 more	15 hr
Sep 4, 1:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Sep 4, 2:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	3 hr
Sep 4, 2:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	34 min
Sep 4, 4:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	2 hr
Sep 4, 4:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	116 min
Sep 4, 5:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	117 min
Sep 4, 5:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	2 hr
Sep 4, 5:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	112 min
Sep 4, 5:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Sep 4, 5:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	112 min
Sep 4, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		34 min

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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.