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Flash Flood Warning 77, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2023Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 12, 2023, 11:02 AM MDT for Colfax 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: Jun 12, 2023, 11:02 AM MDT (17:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2023, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 5 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:05 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, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 48 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 Jun 12, 6:03 AM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 6:03 AM MDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:34 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:48 AM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 8:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 9:29 AM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:16 AM MDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 10:39 AM MDT, 23 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1039 AM MDT Mon Jun 12 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1230 AM     Hail             13 E Gladstone          36.30N 103.74W
06/12/2023  M2.75 inch       Union              NM   CO-OP Observer

            Tennis to baseball size hail around
            Pasamonte. Significant damage to homes and
            vehicles. Downed tree branches. Bankfull
            flows on area creeks.

&&

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 11, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
Jun 11, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	18 min
Jun 11, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
Jun 11, 7:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	38 min
Jun 11, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	36 min
Jun 11, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	34 min
Jun 11, 8:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	59 min
Jun 11, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	64 min
Jun 11, 8:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	32 min
Jun 11, 9:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	34 min
Jun 11, 9:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	52 min
Jun 11, 9:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 min
Jun 11, 9:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	24 min
Jun 11, 10:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	25 min
Jun 11, 10:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	45 min
Jun 11, 10:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
Jun 11, 11:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	58 min
Jun 11, 11:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	26 min
Jun 11, 11:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	66 min
Jun 11, 11:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding, Union	54 min
Jun 11, 11:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	47 min
Jun 11, 11:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Taos	3 hr
Jun 11, 11:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	31 min
Jun 12, 12:14 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	3 hr
Jun 12, 12:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Union	46 min
Jun 12, 12:31 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jun 12, 12:34 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	3 hr
Jun 12, 12:36 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	54 min
Jun 12, 12:52 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	3 hr
Jun 12, 12:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	35 min
Jun 12, 1:01 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	44 min
Jun 12, 1:15 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Union	30 min
Jun 12, 1:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	61 min
Jun 12, 1:31 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	59 min
Jun 12, 1:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jun 12, 2:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	62 min
Jun 12, 2:30 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	60 min
Jun 12, 3:08 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Union	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:30 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	60 min
Jun 12, 3:42 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	26 min
Jun 12, 4:08 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:22 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Lincoln, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance and 1 more	16 hr
Jun 12, 4:30 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	42 min
Jun 12, 4:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	32 min
Jun 12, 6:59 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	3 hr
Jun 12, 8:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
Jun 12, 8:31 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	2 hr
Jun 12, 10:49 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union	9 hr
Jun 12, 12:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	23 min
Jun 12, 12:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	30 min
Jun 12, 1:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	60 min
Jun 12, 1:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	60 min
Jun 12, 1:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	56 min
Jun 12, 2:17 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jun 12, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	45 min
Jun 12, 2:34 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jun 12, 2:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	35 min
Jun 12, 3:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding	3 hr
Jun 12, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
Jun 12, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	28 min
Jun 12, 3:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	37 min
Jun 12, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	63 min
Jun 12, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
Jun 12, 3:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	2 hr
Jun 12, 4:03 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Union	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jun 12, 4:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	3 hr
Jun 12, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	32 min
Jun 12, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, Union	47 min
Jun 12, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
Jun 12, 5:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	46 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.