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Flash Flood Warning 81, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Sep 15, 2021, 3:25 PM MDT for Lincoln 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
- Sep 15, 2021, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
County Lincoln County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 55 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -280 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2241 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 113 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
027
WGUS55 KABQ 152125
FFWABQ
NMC027-160030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FF.W.0081.210915T2125Z-210916T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
Flash Flood Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
325 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Flash Flood Warning for...
South Central Lincoln County in central New Mexico...
* Until 630 PM MDT.
* At 325 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated a nearly stationary
thunderstorm producing torrential rainfall over and west of Bonito
Lake, including western portions of the Three Rivers burn scar.
Between 1 and 3 inches of rain have fallen so far. Flash flooding
is ongoing or expected to begin shortly. Areas downstream to near
Fort Stanton will eventually be impacted.
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...
Bonito Lake and Fort Stanton.
This includes the following low water crossings...
Sandesta Drive and Corrida de Rio at Rio Bonito and Sandesta Drive
at Rio Bonito.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Bonito Creek, Bonito, Rio, South Fork Eagle Creek, Magado Creek,
Little Creek, South Fork Rio Bonito and Eagle Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Both localized and distant heavy rainfall will create sudden and
dangerous flows in arroyos and over low water crossings.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 10581 3340 10583 3342 10584 3346 10584
3347 10583 3348 10580 3348 10576 3346 10566
3346 10563 3351 10551 3348 10553 3345 10559
3341 10566 3339 10573
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
111 follow-up statement
643
WGUS75 KABQ 152236
FFSABQ
Flash Flood Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
436 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021
NMC027-160030-
/O.CON.KABQ.FF.W.0081.000000T0000Z-210916T0030Z/
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/
Lincoln NM-
436 PM MDT Wed Sep 15 2021
...FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT THIS
EVENING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...
At 436 PM MDT, Doppler radar indicated that heavy rain had ended
across the warned area. Doppler radar estimates that 2 to 4 inches
of rain has fallen between the eastern portion of the Three Rivers
burn scar and Bonito Lake. Flash flooding is ongoing or expected to
begin shortly. Elevated or dangerous flows are likely along the Rio
Bonito with downstream impacts possible east to near Fort Stanton.
HAZARD...Flash flooding caused by thunderstorms.
SOURCE...Radar.
IMPACT...Flash flooding of small creeks and streams, urban areas,
highways, streets and underpasses as well as other poor
drainage and low-lying areas.
Some locations that will experience flash flooding include...
Bonito Lake and Fort Stanton.
This includes the following low water crossings...
Sandesta Drive and Corrida de Rio at Rio Bonito and Sandesta Drive
at Rio Bonito.
This includes the following streams and drainages...
Bonito Creek, Bonito, Rio, South Fork Eagle Creek, Magado Creek,
Little Creek, South Fork Rio Bonito and Eagle Creek.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Turn around, don't drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.
Both localized and distant heavy rainfall will create sudden and
dangerous flows in arroyos and over low water crossings.
&&
LAT...LON 3339 10581 3340 10583 3342 10584 3346 10584
3347 10583 3348 10580 3348 10576 3346 10566
3346 10563 3351 10551 3348 10553 3345 10559
3341 10566 3339 10573
FLASH FLOOD...RADAR INDICATED
$$
11The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 14, 6:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 32 min |
| Sep 14, 7:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 52 min |
| Sep 15, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 37 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.