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Flash Flood Warning 69, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 12, 2021Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 12, 2021, 6:35 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 115 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 12, 2021, 6:35 PM MDT (00:35 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2021, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 115 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:39 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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 172 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: 87 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 119 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 163 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

527 
WGUS55 KABQ 130035
FFWABQ
NMC033-130230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0069.210813T0035Z-210813T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
635 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Flash Flood Warning for...
  North Central Mora County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 830 PM MDT.

* At 635 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing 
  heavy rain across the warned area. Between 0.25 and 0.5 inches of 
  rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts of 0.25 to 0.5 
  inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing 
  or expected to begin shortly.

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

  HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

  SOURCE...Radar.

  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...
  mainly rural areas of North Central Mora County

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 10531 3619 10524 3614 10536 3621 10540
      3621 10539 3622 10539 3622 10540 3623 10540
      3624 10541 3624 10539 3625 10539 3626 10534

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

CHJ

2 follow-up statements

674 
WGUS75 KABQ 130120
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
720 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021

NMC033-130230-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210813T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mora NM-
720 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT THIS 
EVENING FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORA COUNTY...

At 720 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy 
rain across the warned area. Additional rainfall amounts up to 0.25 
inches are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is ongoing or 
expected to begin shortly.

The debris flow can consist of rock, mud, vegetation and other loose 
materials.

HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.

SOURCE...Radar.

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...
  mainly rural areas of North Central Mora County

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 10531 3619 10524 3614 10536 3621 10540
      3621 10539 3622 10539 3622 10540 3623 10540
      3624 10541 3624 10539 3625 10539 3626 10534

FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED

$$

CHJ

394 
WGUS75 KABQ 130222
FFSABQ

Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
822 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021

NMC033-130232-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0069.000000T0000Z-210813T0230Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Mora NM-
822 PM MDT Thu Aug 12 2021

...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 830 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR 
NORTH CENTRAL MORA COUNTY...

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

LAT...LON 3626 10531 3619 10524 3614 10536 3621 10540
      3621 10539 3622 10539 3622 10540 3623 10540
      3624 10541 3624 10539 3625 10539 3626 10534

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 12, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
Aug 12, 6:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
Aug 12, 6:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Aug 12, 6:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	115 min
Aug 12, 7:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	115 min
Aug 12, 7:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Valencia	112 min
Aug 12, 8:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	119 min
Aug 12, 8:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	114 min
Aug 12, 8:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Aug 12, 8:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	31 min
Aug 13, 12:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	117 min
Aug 13, 2:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
Aug 13, 2:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Taos	3 hr
Aug 13, 3:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Aug 13, 3:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	2 hr
Aug 13, 3:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
Aug 13, 3:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 13, 4:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Aug 13, 4:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Aug 13, 4:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, San Juan	2 hr
Aug 13, 5:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	116 min
Aug 13, 5:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
Aug 13, 5:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	114 min

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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.