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Flash Flood Warning 95, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 1, 2024Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this flash flood warning at Jul 1, 2024, 4:43 PM MDT for Sandoval 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 1, 2024, 4:43 PM MDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2024, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 2024-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 144 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 2024-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 14 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
144 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-129 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 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 1, 1:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 1:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:03 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
403 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

NMZ234>237-012230-
Roosevelt County-Curry County-Quay County-De Baca County-
403 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT...NORTHERN
DE BACA...SOUTHWESTERN QUAY AND WEST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTIES THROUGH
430 PM MDT...

At 403 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 10 miles west of House to near Yeso. Movement
was east at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and half inch 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...
Fort Sumner, House, Tolar, Yeso, and Taiban.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Frequent dangerous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with these
storms. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek
a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3428 10376 3434 10476 3449 10463 3470 10410
      3467 10358
TIME...MOT...LOC 2203Z 257DEG 18KT 3464 10408 3439 10462

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 4:17 PM MDT, 26 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
417 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

NMZ212-214-218-219-221-012300-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Santa Fe Metro Area-Glorieta Mesa
Including Glorieta Pass-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including
Edgewood-Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
417 PM MDT Mon Jul 1 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN SANDOVAL AND CENTRAL
SANTA FE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM MDT...

At 417 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
La Bajada, or 17 miles southwest of Santa Fe, moving northeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea 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 Fe, Eldorado At Santa Fe, Santo Domingo Pueblo, Cerrillos Hills
State Park, Canada De Los Alamos, San Felipe Pueblo, Lamy, Hyde
Memorial State Park, La Bajada, and Madrid.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3530 10634 3542 10646 3555 10633 3580 10599
      3575 10582 3554 10584 3529 10603
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 237DEG 15KT 3552 10620

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley35 min
Jun 30, 7:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo33 min
Jun 30, 10:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ26 min
Jun 30, 10:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe35 min
Jul 1, 2:55 AM MDTFlood WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos and 11 more23 hr
Jul 1, 1:47 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSocorro6 hr
Jul 1, 2:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro25 min
Jul 1, 2:17 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron4 hr
Jul 1, 2:30 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro3 hr
Jul 1, 2:35 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQValencia3 hr
Jul 1, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia47 min
Jul 1, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola42 min
Jul 1, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro32 min
Jul 1, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves30 min
Jul 1, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca29 min
Jul 1, 3:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves37 min
Jul 1, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves36 min
Jul 1, 3:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro46 min
Jul 1, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca27 min
Jul 1, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves30 min
Jul 1, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe43 min
Jul 1, 4:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance46 min
Jul 1, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe32 min
Jul 1, 5:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQLincoln, Socorro42 min
Jul 1, 5:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSanta Fe3 hr
Jul 1, 5:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Jul 1, 5:43 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron3 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.