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Flash Flood Warning 87, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 30, 2024Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jun 30, 2024, 12:37 AM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 7 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 30, 2024, 12:37 AM MDT (06:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2024, 7:30 AM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:38 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 6.6 hours before the alert went out and 283 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: 494 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.4

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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 29, 11:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 11:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
919 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2024

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

0905 PM     Tstm Wnd Dmg     3 E North Valley        35.16N 106.58W
06/29/2024                   Bernalillo         NM   Public

            Report from mPING: 3-inch tree limbs broken;
            Power poles broken.

&&

MBD

Special weather statement, Jun 29, 9:22 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
922 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2024

NMZ232-233-300345-
Eastern San Miguel County-Guadalupe County-
922 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND
NORTH CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTIES THROUGH 945 PM MDT...

At 921 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Santa Rosa Lake State Park, or 9 miles north of Santa Rosa, moving
north at 30 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 hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Santa Rosa, Colonias, and Santa Rosa Lake State Park.

This includes along I-40 near Santa Rosa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3498 10450 3489 10475 3522 10494 3531 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 0321Z 168DEG 26KT 3507 10467

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

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Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 5 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
932 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2024

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

0900 PM     Flash Flood      3 E South Valley        35.01N 106.63W
06/29/2024                   Bernalillo         NM   Emergency Mngr

            Report of vehicles stranded due to flash
            flooding.

&&

MBD

Local storm report, Jun 29, 9:39 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
939 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2024

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

0925 PM     Flash Flood      3 E North Valley        35.16N 106.58W
06/29/2024                   Bernalillo         NM   Public

            Report from mPING: Street/road flooding;
            Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded.

&&

MBD

Local storm report, Jun 29, 11:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1119 PM MDT Sat Jun 29 2024

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

1107 PM     Flash Flood      3 E North Valley        35.16N 106.58W
06/29/2024                   Bernalillo         NM   Public

            Report from mPING: Street/road flooding;
            Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded.

&&

MBD

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:18 AM MDT, 19 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 29, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	29 min
Jun 29, 6:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	32 min
Jun 29, 6:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	27 min
Jun 29, 6:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	42 min
Jun 29, 6:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	3 hr
Jun 29, 6:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	3 hr
Jun 29, 7:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
Jun 29, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	30 min
Jun 29, 7:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	27 min
Jun 29, 7:39 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	6 hr
Jun 29, 7:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Sandoval	5 hr
Jun 29, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	46 min
Jun 29, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	35 min
Jun 29, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	54 min
Jun 29, 8:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	5 hr
Jun 29, 8:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Torrance	6 hr
Jun 29, 8:13 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Bernalillo	4 hr
Jun 29, 8:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	39 min
Jun 29, 8:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	64 min
Jun 29, 8:31 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	4 hr
Jun 29, 8:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	32 min
Jun 29, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	30 min
Jun 29, 9:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	23 min
Jun 29, 9:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	45 min
Jun 29, 9:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	40 min
Jun 29, 9:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jun 29, 10:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jun 29, 10:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	64 min
Jun 29, 10:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	9 hr
Jun 29, 10:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	8 hr
Jun 29, 11:28 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	6 hr
Jun 29, 11:33 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	8 hr
Jun 30, 12:18 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	27 min
Jun 30, 12:32 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	58 min
Jun 30, 1:47 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos, McKinley and 9 more	25 hr
Jun 30, 1:56 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	4 hr
Jun 30, 3:33 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union	3 hr
Jun 30, 1:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning EmergencyConsiderable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	10 hr
Jun 30, 3:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jun 30, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	40 min
Jun 30, 3:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	38 min
Jun 30, 4:41 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	24 min
Jun 30, 4:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Taos	2 hr
Jun 30, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		48 min
Jun 30, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		45 min
Jun 30, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	35 min
Jun 30, 5:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Juan	5 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.