Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021

Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 14, 2021Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 14, 2021, 3:09 PM MDT for Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 111 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 2021, 3:09 PM MDT (21:09 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
In force
111 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 14, 3:30 PM MDTFLASH FLOODPojoaque, NMWATER FLOWING OVER CR-84 AND RESERVATION ROAD 101 AROUND POJOAQUE. SOME PARTS OF NM-503 ALSO FLOODED.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 2021-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 2021-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2063 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

421 
WGUS55 KABQ 142109
FFWABQ
NMC049-142300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0032.210714T2109Z-210714T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
309 PM MDT Wed Jul 14 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  North Central Santa Fe County in north central New Mexico...

* Until 500 PM MDT.

* At 309 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
  thunderstorms producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 
  0.75 and 1.25 inches of rain have fallen around Pojoaque and 
  Jaconita. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1 inch are 
  possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
  to begin shortly.

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

  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...
  Pojoaque, Pojoaque Pueblo, Nambe Lake, Nambe Pueblo, Jacona, 
  Jaconita, Cuyamungue, El Rancho and San Ildefonso Pueblo.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where water covers the roadway. 
The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3589 10614 3589 10613 3590 10613 3591 10613
      3592 10612 3593 10611 3593 10601 3593 10599
      3593 10598 3592 10597 3590 10595 3589 10595
      3588 10595 3588 10596 3587 10597 3586 10598
      3586 10607 3587 10613

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED

$$

Guyer
1 follow-up statement
884 
WGUS75 KABQ 142209
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
409 PM MDT Wed Jul 14 2021

NMC049-142300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210714T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Santa Fe NM-
409 PM MDT Wed Jul 14 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS 
AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY...

At 409 PM MDT, local law enforcement reported flooded roadways 
across the warned area. Between 1.75 and 2.25 inches of rain have 
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible 
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.

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...
  Pojoaque, Pojoaque Pueblo, Nambe Lake, Nambe Pueblo, Jacona, 
  Jaconita, Cuyamungue, El Rancho and San Ildefonso Pueblo.

This includes the following low water crossings...
Reservation Road 101, County Road 113, County Road 113, County Road 
84, East Feather Catcher, Feather Road and Old Callejon Road.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Do not drive your vehicle into areas where water covers the roadway. 
The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross safely.

&&

LAT...LON 3589 10614 3589 10613 3590 10613 3591 10613
      3592 10612 3593 10611 3593 10601 3593 10599
      3593 10598 3592 10597 3590 10595 3589 10595
      3588 10595 3588 10596 3587 10597 3586 10598
      3586 10607 3587 10613

FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED

$$

Guyer

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 7:35 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley115 min
Jul 13, 9:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, Sandoval3 hr
Jul 13, 10:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval3 hr
Jul 14, 3:06 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley and 11 more69 hr
Jul 14, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos26 min
Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Santa Fe109 min
Jul 14, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ33 min
Jul 14, 4:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe2 hr
Jul 14, 4:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro2 hr

Nearby

Flash Flood Warnings in New Mexico, 2021Every flash flood warning in 2021

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.