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Flash Flood Warning 20, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 6, 2021Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 6, 2021, 9:32 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 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, 9:32 PM MDT (03:32 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 11:43 PM MDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 24 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:33 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 00:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 30 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

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The text

As transmitted.

755 
WGUS55 KABQ 070332
FFWABQ
NMC001-070630-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0020.210707T0332Z-210707T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Bernalillo County in central New Mexico...

* Until 1230 AM MDT.

* At 932 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...
  Albuquerque Southwest Mesa.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 133 and 146.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the 
dangers of flooding.

&&

LAT...LON 3505 10710 3506 10676 3487 10674 3487 10675
      3487 10687 3487 10702

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

1 follow-up statement

462 
WGUS75 KABQ 070543
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1143 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMC001-070553-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0020.000000T0000Z-210707T0630Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Bernalillo NM-
1143 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY...

Although the heavy rain has ended, rapid flows of water may continue 
to exist in arroyos. Turn around, don't drown.

LAT...LON 3505 10710 3506 10676 3487 10674 3487 10675
      3487 10687 3487 10702

$$

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, 6:34 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	3 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, 9:52 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.