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Flash Flood Warning 102, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 2, 2024Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 2, 2024, 3:40 PM MDT for Socorro 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
Jul 2, 2024, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 2, 2024, 6:45 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Socorro County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 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, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 120 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2024-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2024-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 74 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-290 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1527 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 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 2, 2:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 2, 2:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 2, 1:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
146 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2024

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

0140 PM     Hail             3 ESE Los Alamos        35.87N 106.26W
07/02/2024  E0.88 Inch       Los Alamos         NM   Trained Spotter

&&

CG
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 1:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
147 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2024

NMZ211-217-218-022015-
Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-Jemez Mountains-
147 PM MDT Tue Jul 2 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LOS ALAMOS...EAST
CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM
MDT...

At 146 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
White Rock, or near Los Alamos, moving southeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Los Alamos, White Rock, Bandelier National Monument, Frijoles, San
Ildefonso Pueblo, and El Rancho.

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.

Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3583 10637 3596 10621 3583 10598 3564 10622
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 315DEG 6KT 3585 10623

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

Shoemake
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:09 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 3:14 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, Sandoval3 hr
Jul 1, 7:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Jul 1, 7:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ33 min
Jul 1, 9:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Jul 1, 10:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan34 min
Jul 2, 12:40 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ35 min
Jul 2, 1:53 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Juan3 hr
Jul 2, 2:06 AM MDTFlood WatchABQLincoln19 hr
Jul 2, 2:49 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Juan3 hr
Jul 2, 1:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos28 min
Jul 2, 2:09 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLos Alamos, Santa Fe3 hr
Jul 2, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro36 min
Jul 2, 3:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron31 min
Jul 2, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion30 min
Jul 2, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ26 min
Jul 2, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia37 min
Jul 2, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro29 min
Jul 2, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia25 min
Jul 2, 4:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia33 min
Jul 2, 5:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion23 min
Jul 2, 5:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia3 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.