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Flash Flood Warning 157, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 1, 2022Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Aug 1, 2022, 5:12 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Santa Fe 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2022, 5:12 PM MDT (23:12 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2022, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:11 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 36 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: 227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -200 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3308 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at Aug 1, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 2:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
211 PM MDT Mon Aug 1 2022

NMZ211-218-012045-
Santa Fe Metro Area-Jemez Mountains-
211 PM MDT Mon Aug 1 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
SANDOVAL COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT...

At 209 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Jemez Springs, or 21 miles southwest of Los Alamos, moving southeast
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Portions of the Cerro Pelado burn scar, Jemez Springs, Jemez State
Monument, Cochiti Lake, Cochiti Pueblo and Ponderosa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3572 10679 3585 10663 3565 10629 3545 10652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 313DEG 20KT 3574 10665

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 4:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 1, 4:28 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:01 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 31, 6:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	4 hr
Jul 31, 6:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Taos	26 min
Jul 31, 6:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Taos	3 hr
Jul 31, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	33 min
Jul 31, 7:24 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 31, 7:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	29 min
Jul 31, 7:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 31, 9:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 1, 2:34 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Catron, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba and 5 more	18 hr
Aug 1, 12:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	4 hr
Aug 1, 12:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 1, 12:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 1, 1:38 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 1, 2:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	34 min
Aug 1, 3:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	29 min
Aug 1, 3:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	116 min
Aug 1, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	32 min
Aug 1, 4:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Aug 1, 4:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 1, 4:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 1, 4:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Aug 1, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	29 min
Aug 1, 5:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe	10 min
Aug 1, 5:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Taos	3 hr

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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.