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Flash Flood Warning 80, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 5, 2021, 2:08 PM MDT for Catron County, New Mexico. It was in force for 112 min. 1 report 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
- Sep 5, 2021, 2:08 PM MDT (20:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 5, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 112 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Catron County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 2:15 PM MDT | FLASH FLOOD | 16 Ssw Beaverhead, NM | HEAVY RAIN FLOODED CREEKS AND CANYONS IN THE GILA CLIFF DWELLINGS. MULTIPLE TRAILS WERE FLOODED. WATER OVERTOOK A BRIDGE AS DEBRIS CLOGGED THE CANYON UNDERNEATH WHICH STRANDED VISITORS. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 614 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1691 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
549
WGUS55 KABQ 052008
FFWABQ
NMC003-052200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0080.210905T2008Z-210905T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
208 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Catron County in west central New Mexico...
* Until 400 PM MDT.
* At 208 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated slow-moving thunderstorms
producing very heavy rain just northeast of Gila Cliff Dwellings
National Monument. The storms were drifting toward the
south-southwest. Between 0.75 and 1.25 inches of rain have fallen.
Additional rainfall amounts of 1 to 1.5 inches 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 South Central Catron County
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 3333 10814 3329 10816 3320 10809 3320 10838
3321 10838 3323 10840 3325 10840 3329 10837
3331 10835 3330 10829 3334 10823 3335 10817
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
412 follow-up statements
009
WGUS75 KABQ 052130
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
330 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
NMC003-052200-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210905T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Catron NM-
330 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY...
At 330 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated thunderstorms producing heavy
rain had moved south of the Gila Cliff Dwellings National Monument
with only light to moderate rainfall in the area. Between 1 and 1.5
inches of rain may have fallen earlier in less than an hour. Runoff
and resultant flash flooding is expected to continue through 4 PM
before diminishing.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
mainly rural areas of South Central Catron County
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Do not camp along streams and rivers. Remain alert when hiking in
steep, narrow canyons. Know where you are relative to low spots and
drainages.
&&
LAT...LON 3333 10814 3329 10816 3320 10809 3320 10838
3321 10838 3323 10840 3325 10840 3329 10837
3331 10835 3330 10829 3334 10823 3335 10817
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
41751
WGUS75 KABQ 052154
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
354 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
NMC003-052204-
/O.EXP.KABQ.FF.W.0080.000000T0000Z-210905T2200Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Catron NM-
354 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON FOR
SOUTH CENTRAL CATRON COUNTY...
Flooding is no longer expected to pose a threat. Please continue to
heed remaining road closures.
LAT...LON 3333 10814 3329 10816 3320 10809 3320 10838
3321 10838 3323 10840 3325 10840 3329 10837
3331 10835 3330 10829 3334 10823 3335 10817
$$
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, 1:32 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 39 min |
| Sep 5, 1:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.