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Flash Flood Warning 64, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 2021Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 31, 2021, 4:04 PM MDT for Harding 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 31, 2021, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Harding County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:05 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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: 387 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 5 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

954 
WGUS55 KABQ 312204
FFWABQ
NMC021-010100-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0064.210731T2204Z-210801T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

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

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  Southeastern Harding County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 700 PM MDT.

* At 404 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1 and 2.25 inches of 
  rain have fallen. 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...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...
  Ute Creek south of Bueyeros, Tequesequite Creek south of Albert.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Do not enter or cross flowing water or water of unknown depth.

&&

LAT...LON 3539 10352 3548 10356 3558 10378 3585 10381
      3600 10374 3600 10369 3586 10362 3582 10362
      3577 10364 3564 10362 3549 10351 3539 10348
      3539 10350

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

675 
WGUS75 KABQ 010053
FFSABQ

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

NMC021-010103-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0064.000000T0000Z-210801T0100Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Harding NM-
653 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY...

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

A Flash Flood Watch remains in effect until 600 AM MDT Sunday for 
portions of north central and northeast New Mexico.

LAT...LON 3539 10352 3548 10356 3558 10378 3585 10381
      3600 10374 3600 10369 3586 10362 3582 10362
      3577 10364 3564 10362 3549 10351 3539 10348
      3539 10350

$$

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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, 12:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	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, 4:26 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

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.