Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 76, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 27, 2021, 4:14 PM MST for Cibola County, Valencia 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
- Aug 27, 2021, 4:14 PM MST (23:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2021, 7:00 PM MST
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Cibola County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 77 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
- 40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -291 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1655 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
193
WGUS55 KABQ 272314
FFWABQ
NMC006-061-280200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0076.210827T2314Z-210828T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
514 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Northwestern Valencia County in central New Mexico...
Southeastern Cibola County in west central New Mexico...
* Until 800 PM MDT.
* At 514 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms moving east
producing heavy rain across the warned area. Between 1.5 and 3
inches of rain have fallen. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected
to begin shortly.
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 Northwestern Valencia and Southeastern
Cibola Counties
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 10757 3497 10736 3495 10717 3463 10718
3461 10749
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
152 follow-up statements
133
WGUS75 KABQ 280045
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
645 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
NMC006-061-280200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-210828T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cibola NM-Valencia NM-
645 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA AND SOUTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTIES...
At 645 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms that produced
heavy rain across southeast Cibola County has ended. However,
between 1.5 and 3 inches of rain has fallen. Flash flooding is
ongoing or expected to begin shortly.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Northwestern Valencia and Southeastern
Cibola Counties
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
&&
LAT...LON 3485 10757 3497 10736 3495 10717 3463 10718
3461 10749
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
15890
WGUS75 KABQ 280155
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
755 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
NMC006-061-280205-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0076.000000T0000Z-210828T0200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Cibola NM-Valencia NM-
755 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR
NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA AND SOUTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTIES...
The heavy rain has ended. Flooding is no longer expected to pose a
threat. Please continue to heed any remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3485 10757 3497 10736 3495 10717 3463 10718
3461 10749
$$
15The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 5:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 36 min | |
| Aug 26, 5:15 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Aug 26, 5:30 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 30 min |
| Aug 26, 5:56 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 6:17 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 110 min |
| Aug 26, 6:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 25 min |
| Aug 26, 6:23 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 112 min |
| Aug 26, 6:37 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 23 min |
| Aug 26, 6:48 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola | 78 min |
| Aug 26, 7:14 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Valencia | 68 min |
| Aug 26, 7:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 41 min |
| Aug 26, 7:55 PM MST | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 8:48 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 117 min |
| Aug 27, 12:00 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:22 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:34 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 12:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:17 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 24 min | |
| Aug 27, 1:33 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 1:57 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Aug 27, 2:10 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:21 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 24 min |
| Aug 27, 2:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 38 min |
| Aug 27, 2:25 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Socorro | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:29 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 2:47 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 28 min |
| Aug 27, 2:56 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:21 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:34 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 26 min |
| Aug 27, 3:37 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:43 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 32 min |
| Aug 27, 3:46 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Torrance | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 3:54 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, Valencia | 20 min |
| Aug 27, 3:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 31 min |
| Aug 27, 4:06 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:20 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 25 min |
| Aug 27, 4:45 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:46 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:49 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Aug 27, 4:56 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 34 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.