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Flash Flood Warning 61, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 2021Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2021, 12:53 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 hr. 2 reports 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 31, 2021, 12:53 PM MDT (18:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 31, 2:20 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ne Chacon, NM	ELEVATION 8325.
Jul 31, 2:20 PM MDT	FLASH FLOOD	2 Ne Chacon, NM	FLASH FLOOD ON LUNA CREEK AS A RESULT OF HEAVY RAIN ON THE LUNA FIRE SCAR. SOME STRUCTURES DAMAGED AND OTHERS THREATENED IN LUNA CANYON.

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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -138 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2215 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

295 
WGUS55 KABQ 311853
FFWABQ
NMC033-312200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0061.210731T1853Z-210731T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1253 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  The Luna burn scar in...
  North Central Mora County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 400 PM MDT.

* At 1253 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain over the Luna Burn Scar. Between 0.75 and 1.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.5 to 1.25 
  inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will impact Mora River. The 
debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose 
materials.

  HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms
           producing flash flooding in and around the Luna Burn
           Scar.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
           the Luna Burn Scar.

* Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
  Creek B008 Road, Forest Road 17, Boon County Road, Luna Canyon 
  Road, Chacon, Holman, Cleveland, and Mora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Runoff from rainfall will cause elevated water levels within 
vulnerable drainages in and downstream of the Luna fire burn area.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3626 10526 3613 10525 3608 10536 3602 10535
      3596 10527 3595 10529 3597 10535 3599 10539
      3618 10541 3619 10540 3620 10540 3621 10540
      3622 10539 3623 10540 3624 10541 3624 10539
      3625 10539 3626 10534

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

418 
WGUS75 KABQ 312108
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
308 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

NMC033-312200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0061.000000T0000Z-210731T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mora NM-
308 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR THE LUNA BURN SCAR REMAINS IN EFFECT 
UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORA COUNTY...

At 308 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain over the Luna Burn Scar. Between 1 and 2 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.

Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will impact Mora River. The 
debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose 
materials.

HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing
         flash flooding in and around the Luna Burn Scar.

SOURCE...Radar.

IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around
         the Luna Burn Scar.

Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Creek B008 Road, Forest Road 17, Boon County Road, Luna Canyon 
Road, Chacon, Holman, Cleveland, and Mora.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Runoff from rainfall will cause elevated water levels within 
vulnerable drainages in and downstream of the Luna burn area.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3626 10526 3613 10525 3608 10536 3602 10535
      3596 10527 3595 10529 3597 10535 3599 10539
      3618 10541 3619 10540 3620 10540 3621 10540
      3622 10539 3623 10540 3624 10541 3624 10539
      3625 10539 3626 10534

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

$$

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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 30, 7:44 PM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 2 more	30 hr
Jul 31, 12:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 31, 1:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Taos	117 min
Jul 31, 1:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	3 hr
Jul 31, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	23 min
Jul 31, 2:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	118 min
Jul 31, 2:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 31, 2:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	36 min
Jul 31, 3:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:42 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 4:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding	3 hr
Jul 31, 4:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	23 min
Jul 31, 5:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 31, 5:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 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.