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Flash Flood Warning 57, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 8, 2022Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 8, 2022, 3:19 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 5 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: Jul 8, 2022, 3:19 PM MDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2022, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 75 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: 126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -420 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4035 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -50 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 Jul 8, 3:10 PM MDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:10 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
129 PM MDT Fri Jul 8 2022

NMZ215-227-228-082000-
Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo
Mountains-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
129 PM MDT Fri Jul 8 2022

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX
COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM MDT...

At 129 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles south of Cokedale to 14 miles north of
Cimarron. Movement was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Raton, Sugarite, Raton Crews Airport and Sugarite Canyon State Park.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 443 and 460.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 324 and 352.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.

&&

LAT...LON 3657 10457 3669 10496 3699 10475 3699 10430
TIME...MOT...LOC 1929Z 270DEG 18KT 3703 10467 3672 10489

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

44

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
216 PM MDT Fri Jul 8 2022

NMZ227-228-082045-
Far Northeast Highlands-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton
Pass-
216 PM MDT Fri Jul 8 2022

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN COLFAX
COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT...

At 215 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Sugarite Canyon State Park to near Raton.
Movement was east at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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...
Raton, Sugarite and Sugarite Canyon State Park.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 443 and 457.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 341 and 360.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.

&&

LAT...LON 3670 10430 3680 10454 3699 10445 3699 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 249DEG 5KT 3700 10439 3682 10446

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

44

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:29 PM MDT, 50 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
229 PM MDT Fri Jul 8 2022

NMZ215-227-228-082100-
Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo
Mountains-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
229 PM MDT Fri Jul 8 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLFAX
COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 229 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Cimarron, or 22 miles northwest of Springer,
moving southeast at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and penny 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Colfax
County.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 311 and 331.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3659 10495 3674 10482 3666 10453 3638 10478
TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 311DEG 7KT 3662 10484

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Shoemake

Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:19 PM MDT, 0 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 7, 6:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 min
Jul 7, 6:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	18 min
Jul 7, 9:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	44 min
Jul 8, 11:45 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 8, 12:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Taos	5 hr
Jul 8, 12:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	3 hr
Jul 8, 1:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Taos	19 hr
Jul 8, 1:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	31 min
Jul 8, 1:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	39 min
Jul 8, 2:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 8, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jul 8, 2:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	31 min
Jul 8, 2:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	56 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Taos	5 hr
Jul 8, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	32 min
Jul 8, 3:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	67 min
Jul 8, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	27 min
Jul 8, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	53 min
Jul 8, 4:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Colfax	4 hr
Jul 8, 5:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	3 hr
Jul 8, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	24 min

Nearby

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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.