Alert archive / New Mexico / Flash Flood Warnings in 2021
Flash Flood Warning 79, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2021, 1:32 PM MDT for Catron County, Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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
- Sep 5, 2021, 1:32 PM MDT (19:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 2:11 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Catron County, NM, Socorro County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:32 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 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1328 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 11 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
788
WGUS55 KABQ 051932
FFWABQ
NMC003-053-052130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0079.210905T1932Z-210905T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
132 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
Southwestern Socorro County in central New Mexico...
Eastern Catron County in west central New Mexico...
* Until 330 PM MDT.
* At 132 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated slow-moving thunderstorms
producing very heavy rain along the west slopes of the San Mateo
Mountains along State Road 52 near the Socorro and Sierra county
line. Between 1 and 1.5 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...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 Southwestern Socorro and Eastern Catron
Counties
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Do not camp along streams and rivers. Remain alert when hiking in
steep, narrow canyons. Know where you are relative to low spots and
drainages.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 10783 3350 10781 3352 10780 3355 10778
3357 10775 3358 10769 3354 10763 3354 10762
3351 10761 3348 10765 3348 10767 3348 10771
3348 10773 3348 10775 3348 10777 3348 10780
3348 10781 3348 10782
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
412 follow-up statements
354
WGUS75 KABQ 052000
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
200 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
NMC003-053-052130-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210905T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Catron NM-Socorro NM-
200 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOCORRO AND EASTERN CATRON COUNTIES...
At 200 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain have mostly shifted into northwest Sierra County. Between 1 and
1.5 inches of rain may have fallen within the past hour when the
storms were located in the far southwest part of Socorro and extreme
southeast Catron counties. Runoff from the heavy rainfall and
resultant flash flooding is expected to persist for another hour or
so.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of Southwestern Socorro and Eastern Catron
Counties
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Do not camp along streams and rivers. Remain alert when hiking in
steep, narrow canyons. Know where you are relative to low spots and
drainages.
&&
LAT...LON 3348 10783 3350 10781 3352 10780 3355 10778
3357 10775 3358 10769 3354 10763 3354 10762
3351 10761 3348 10765 3348 10767 3348 10771
3348 10773 3348 10775 3348 10777 3348 10780
3348 10781 3348 10782
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
41456
WGUS75 KABQ 052011
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
211 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
NMC003-053-052021-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FF.W.0079.000000T0000Z-210905T2130Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Catron NM-Socorro NM-
211 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR SOUTHWESTERN SOCORRO AND
EXTREME EASTERN CATRON 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 3348 10783 3350 10781 3352 10780 3355 10778
3357 10775 3358 10769 3354 10763 3354 10762
3351 10761 3348 10765 3348 10767 3348 10771
3348 10773 3348 10775 3348 10777 3348 10780
3348 10781 3348 10782
$$
41The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 6:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 6:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance, Valencia | 2 hr |
| Sep 4, 7:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 30 min |
| Sep 4, 7:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe, Torrance | 119 min |
| Sep 4, 8:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 23 min |
| Sep 4, 8:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe, Torrance | 48 min |
| Sep 4, 8:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 1:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 119 min |
| Sep 5, 1:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Sep 5, 2:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 112 min |
| Sep 5, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 29 min |
| Sep 5, 2:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 36 min |
| Sep 5, 2:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro | 63 min |
| Sep 5, 3:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 32 min |
| Sep 5, 3:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro | 2 hr |
| Sep 5, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 3:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 115 min |
| Sep 5, 3:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro | 113 min |
| Sep 5, 4:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 30 min |
| Sep 5, 4:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 113 min |
| Sep 5, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 26 min |
| Sep 5, 4:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 19 min |
| Sep 5, 5:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 116 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.