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Flash Flood Warning 274, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 20, 2024Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Oct 20, 2024, 10:46 PM MDT for Quay 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: Oct 20, 2024, 10:46 PM MDT (04:46 UTC)
Expired: Oct 21, 2024, 1:45 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 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: 45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -186 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1254 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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, 4 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 6:00 PM MDT, 4 hours 46 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 20, 8:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 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.

&&

NMP

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 8:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
825 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

NMZ215-228-210300-
Far Northeast Highlands NM-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains
NM-
825 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MORA AND SOUTH
CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM MDT...

At 825 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northwest of Wagon Mound, moving northeast at 40 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...
  Springer and Miami.

This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 394 and 417.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3615 10493 3650 10473 3633 10440 3597 10484
      3604 10499
TIME...MOT...LOC 0224Z 210DEG 33KT 3608 10485

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

24

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 8:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
827 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

NMZ236-237-210300-
Roosevelt County NM-De Baca County NM-
827 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL DE BACA AND
NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTIES UNTIL 9 PM MDT...

At 827 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles southwest of Taiban, or 16 miles southeast of Fort Sumner,
moving east at 25 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 damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Taiban and Tolar.

This includes Highway 60 between Mile Markers 339 and 352.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 10395 3454 10387 3422 10372 3417 10418
      3433 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0226Z 253DEG 22KT 3426 10411

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

24

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 9:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
907 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

NMZ233-237-210330-
Guadalupe County NM-De Baca County NM-
907 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EAST CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND
NORTH CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTIES UNTIL 930 PM MDT...

At 907 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles north of Sumner Lake State Park, or 17 miles north of Fort
Sumner, moving northeast at 30 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...
  Sumner Lake State Park and Sumner Lake.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3460 10445 3468 10457 3508 10413 3469 10413
      3456 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 0307Z 234DEG 27KT 3471 10434

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

24

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 9:27 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
927 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

NMZ228-210400-
Far Northeast Highlands NM-
927 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN MORA AND
SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM MDT...

At 927 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles southeast of Springer, moving northeast at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel 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...
  Abbott.

This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 401 and 405.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3644 10439 3642 10428 3639 10425 3640 10420
      3638 10411 3622 10437 3622 10443 3618 10444
      3611 10455 3622 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 0327Z 222DEG 47KT 3625 10452

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

16

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 10:41 PM MDT, 5 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1041 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

NMZ232-233-210515-
Guadalupe County NM-Eastern San Miguel County NM-
1041 PM MDT Sun Oct 20 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE AND
SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 PM MDT...

At 1041 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
near Newkirk, or 27 miles northeast of Santa Rosa, moving northeast
at 30 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...
  Newkirk and Cuervo.

This includes the following highways...
	Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 286 and 305.
	State Road 104 between Mile Markers 77 and 93.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3522 10432 3541 10412 3528 10389 3520 10399
      3514 10412 3510 10413 3493 10435 3502 10453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0440Z 222DEG 27KT 3512 10427

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

16

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 20, 6:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	41 min
Oct 20, 6:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	6 hr
Oct 20, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	51 min
Oct 20, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	35 min
Oct 20, 6:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	5 hr
Oct 20, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos, Taos	24 min
Oct 20, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	49 min
Oct 20, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	46 min
Oct 20, 6:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	27 min
Oct 20, 7:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	23 min
Oct 20, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	44 min
Oct 20, 7:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	5 hr
Oct 20, 7:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	24 min
Oct 20, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	31 min
Oct 20, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 min
Oct 20, 7:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	25 min
Oct 20, 7:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	34 min
Oct 20, 7:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	31 min
Oct 20, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	28 min
Oct 20, 8:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	34 min
Oct 20, 8:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	4 hr
Oct 20, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	35 min
Oct 20, 8:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	33 min
Oct 20, 8:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	46 min
Oct 20, 8:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	39 min
Oct 20, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	35 min
Oct 20, 8:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	De Baca	3 hr
Oct 20, 9:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	23 min
Oct 20, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	48 min
Oct 20, 9:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	30 min
Oct 20, 9:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	33 min
Oct 20, 9:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	44 min
Oct 20, 9:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	22 min
Oct 20, 9:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Oct 20, 10:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	46 min
Oct 20, 10:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		34 min
Oct 20, 10:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	46 min
Oct 20, 11:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	31 min
Oct 21, 1:16 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	29 min
Oct 21, 6:25 AM MDT	River Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	8 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.