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Flash Flood Warning 56, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 26, 2021Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 26, 2021, 7:58 PM MDT for Sandoval 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 26, 2021, 7:58 PM MDT (01:58 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2021, 10:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 35 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: 113 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -11 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

077 
WGUS55 KABQ 270158
FFWABQ
NMC043-270445-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0056.210727T0158Z-210727T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
758 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Sandoval County in north central New Mexico...

* Until 1045 PM MDT.

* At 758 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Up to 2.5 inches of rain have 
  fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in 
  the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to begin 
  shortly.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
           urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Placitas and Las Huertas Creek downstream to the Rio Grande.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 25 near Mile Marker 246.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3528 10642 3530 10646 3533 10647 3535 10649
      3537 10652 3538 10652 3537 10649 3536 10648
      3535 10646 3535 10644 3536 10641 3535 10638
      3532 10636 3529 10637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

44

2 follow-up statements

909 
WGUS75 KABQ 270300
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
900 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NMC043-270445-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210727T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Sandoval NM-
900 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY...

At 900 PM MDT, Doppler radar and automated rain gauges indicated 
thunderstorms tapering off across the warned area. Up to 3 inches of 
rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 inches are 
possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected 
to begin shortly.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding.

SOURCE...Radar and automated gauges.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of creeks and streams,
         urban areas, highways, streets and underpasses.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Placitas. State Road 165, Camino de San Francisco, Camino de la 
  Rosa Castilla, and Camino del Tecolote.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3528 10642 3530 10646 3533 10647 3535 10649
      3537 10652 3538 10652 3537 10649 3536 10648
      3535 10646 3535 10644 3536 10641 3535 10638
      3532 10636 3529 10637

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR AND GAUGE INDICATED
FLASH FLOOD DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE

$$

Guyer

277 
WGUS75 KABQ 270437
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1037 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

NMC043-270447-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0056.000000T0000Z-210727T0445Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Sandoval NM-
1037 PM MDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1045 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY...

The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a 
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.

LAT...LON 3528 10642 3530 10646 3533 10647 3535 10649
      3537 10652 3538 10652 3537 10649 3536 10648
      3535 10646 3535 10644 3536 10641 3535 10638
      3532 10636 3529 10637

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 6:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 26, 6:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	25 min
Jul 26, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	35 min
Jul 26, 7:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	3 hr
Jul 26, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jul 26, 7:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	114 min
Jul 26, 7:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 27, 12:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Taos	4 hr
Jul 27, 12:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 27, 12:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 27, 1:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	7 min
Jul 27, 1:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 27, 1:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 27, 3:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 27, 4:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Guadalupe, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 1 more	3 hr
Jul 27, 4:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
Jul 27, 5:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, San Juan	119 min
Jul 27, 5:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance	112 min
Jul 27, 5:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.