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Flash Flood Warning 32, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 3:30 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | Pojoaque, NM | WATER 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.
- 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
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
$$
Guyer1 follow-up statement
884
WGUS75 KABQ 142209
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
409 PM MDT Wed Jul 14 2021
NMC049-142300-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0032.000000T0000Z-210714T2300Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Santa Fe NM-
409 PM MDT Wed Jul 14 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL SANTA FE COUNTY...
At 409 PM MDT, local law enforcement reported flooded roadways
across the warned area. Between 1.75 and 2.25 inches of rain have
fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are possible
in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Law enforcement reported.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Pojoaque, Pojoaque Pueblo, Nambe Lake, Nambe Pueblo, Jacona,
Jaconita, Cuyamungue, El Rancho and San Ildefonso Pueblo.
This includes the following low water crossings...
Reservation Road 101, County Road 113, County Road 113, County Road
84, East Feather Catcher, Feather Road and Old Callejon Road.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Do not drive your vehicle into areas where water covers the roadway.
The water depth may be too great to allow your car to cross safely.
&&
LAT...LON 3589 10614 3589 10613 3590 10613 3591 10613
3592 10612 3593 10611 3593 10601 3593 10599
3593 10598 3592 10597 3590 10595 3589 10595
3588 10595 3588 10596 3587 10597 3586 10598
3586 10607 3587 10613
FLASH FLOOD...OBSERVED
$$
GuyerThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 7:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 115 min |
| Jul 13, 9:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 3:06 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley and 11 more | 69 hr |
| Jul 14, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 26 min |
| Jul 14, 2:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Santa Fe | 109 min |
| Jul 14, 3:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 33 min | |
| Jul 14, 4:27 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Jul 14, 4:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 2 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.