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Flash Flood Warning 271, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 20, 2024Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Oct 20, 2024, 8:22 PM MDT for Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 4 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
Oct 20, 2024, 8:22 PM MDT (02:22 UTC)
Expired
Oct 21, 2024, 12:00 AM MDT
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Damage threat
Considerable
Flood severity
None

Counties Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:25 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, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 00:00Z on 2024-10-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 275 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 2024-10-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
275 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2364 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
55 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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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 Oct 20, 6:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 6:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Oct 20, 8:19 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
819 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

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

0810 PM     Flash Flood      1 ENE San Pablo         35.55N 105.38W
10/20/2024                   San Miguel         NM   Trained Spotter

            Multiple low water crossings along County
            Road A19A are flooded with several inches of
            water. Parts of San Pablo Creek and Tecolote
            creek have overflown its banks in the
            Mineral Hill area.

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NMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 20, 6:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel41 min
Oct 20, 6:07 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMora, San Miguel6 hr
Oct 20, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax51 min
Oct 20, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry35 min
Oct 20, 6:31 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Mora5 hr
Oct 20, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos, Taos24 min
Oct 20, 6:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union49 min
Oct 20, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora46 min
Oct 20, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQChaves, De Baca, Lincoln27 min
Oct 20, 7:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry23 min
Oct 20, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca44 min
Oct 20, 7:19 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Union5 hr
Oct 20, 7:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe24 min
Oct 20, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora31 min
Oct 20, 7:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry30 min
Oct 20, 7:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora25 min
Oct 20, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca34 min
Oct 20, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax31 min
Oct 20, 8:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe28 min
Oct 20, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel34 min
Oct 20, 8:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora35 min
Oct 20, 8:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca33 min
Oct 20, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union46 min
Oct 20, 8:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Roosevelt39 min
Oct 20, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora35 min
Oct 20, 8:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca3 hr
Oct 20, 9:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe23 min
Oct 20, 9:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax48 min
Oct 20, 9:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt30 min
Oct 20, 9:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax33 min
Oct 20, 9:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay44 min
Oct 20, 9:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax22 min
Oct 20, 9:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora3 hr
Oct 20, 10:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay46 min
Oct 20, 10:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ34 min
Oct 20, 10:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQQuay3 hr
Oct 20, 10:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay46 min
Oct 20, 11:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay31 min
Oct 21, 1:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union29 min
Oct 21, 6:25 AM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryABQChaves8 hr

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.