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Flash Flood Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 9, 2024San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 9, 2024, 6:49 PM MDT for San Miguel 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: Jun 9, 2024, 6:49 PM MDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired: Jun 9, 2024, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Flood severity: None

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3005 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -25 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 9, 5:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 5:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 3:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
352 PM MDT Sun Jun 9 2024

NMZ219-221-092215-
Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood-Middle Rio Grande
Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
352 PM MDT Sun Jun 9 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT BERNALILLO COUNTY THROUGH 415 PM
MDT...

At 352 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
eastern Albuquerque. This storm was nearly stationary.

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 hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Eastern Albuquerque, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, Sandia Heights,
North Valley, Alameda, and Carnuel.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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 3497 10643 3497 10656 3517 10667 3524 10646
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 317DEG 4KT 3509 10650

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

Shoemake

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
418 PM MDT Sun Jun 9 2024

NMZ235-236-092300-
Roosevelt County-Curry County-
418 PM MDT Sun Jun 9 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT AND
SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM MDT...

At 417 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms 7 miles south of Clovis, moving north at 10 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...
Clovis, Portales, Texico, Dora, Causey, Saint Vrain, Ranchvale, Arch,
Oasis State Park, and Cannon Air Force Base.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water and flooded street intersections as storms move
through the area.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3386 10334 3420 10363 3461 10344 3472 10304
      3387 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 162DEG 8KT 3433 10321

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

Shoemake

Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:35 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 9, 4:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:42 PM MDT, 7 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
Jun 9, 6:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, Taos	3 hr
Jun 9, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	25 min
Jun 9, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Jun 9, 8:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	115 min
Jun 9, 9:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Jun 10, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		18 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.