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Flash Flood Warning 18, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 6, 2021De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2021, 6:34 PM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2021, 6:34 PM MDT (00:34 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2606 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -28 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

646 
WGUS55 KABQ 070034
FFWABQ
NMC011-019-037-070345-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0018.210707T0034Z-210707T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
634 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  North Central De Baca County in east central New Mexico...
  Southeastern Guadalupe County in east central New Mexico...
  Western Quay County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 945 PM MDT.

* At 634 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
  expected to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban
           areas, highways, streets and underpasses as well as
           other poor drainage and low-lying areas.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Fort Sumner.

This includes the following highways...
	Highway 60 between Mile Markers 327 and 328.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Both localized and distant heavy rainfall will create sudden and 
dangerous flows in arroyos and over low water crossings.

To report flooding, contact your local law enforcement agency and 
your National Weather Service office when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3481 10425 3489 10409 3478 10407 3466 10413
      3454 10419 3445 10423 3449 10433 3465 10434

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

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2 follow-up statements

171 
WGUS75 KABQ 070230
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
830 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMC011-019-037-070345-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210707T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
De Baca NM-Guadalupe NM-Quay NM-
830 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 945 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL DE BACA, SOUTHEASTERN GUADALUPE AND 
WESTERN QUAY COUNTIES...

At 830 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
         highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
         drainage and low-lying areas.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Fort Sumner.

This includes the following highways...
	Highway 60 between Mile Markers 327 and 328.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Arroyos, streams, and normally dry rivers can become raging killer 
currents in a matter of minutes. Water in arroyos can travel many 
miles and take hours to reach your location from upstream rain areas.

To report flooding, contact your local law enforcement agency and 
your National Weather Service office when you can do so safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3481 10425 3489 10409 3478 10407 3466 10413
      3454 10419 3445 10423 3449 10433 3465 10434

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

24

363 
WGUS75 KABQ 070338
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
938 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMC011-019-037-070348-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0018.000000T0000Z-210707T0345Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
De Baca NM-Guadalupe NM-Quay NM-
938 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTH CENTRAL DE BACA, SOUTHEASTERN GUADALUPE AND WESTERN QUAY 
COUNTIES...

Although the heavy rain has ended, please continue to heed any 
remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3481 10425 3489 10409 3478 10407 3466 10413
      3454 10419 3445 10423 3449 10433 3465 10434

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 6, 6:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	3 hr
Jul 6, 6:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	2 hr
Jul 6, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	32 min
Jul 6, 7:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	24 min
Jul 6, 8:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 6, 8:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	36 min
Jul 6, 8:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 6, 8:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	27 min
Jul 6, 8:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 6, 9:30 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 6, 9:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	2 hr
Jul 6, 9:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 6, 10:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 7, 2:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 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.