Weather Alert in New Mexico
Flash Flood Warning issued August 26 at 7:08PM MDT until August 26 at 8:45PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM
AREAS AFFECTED: Mora, NM
DESCRIPTION: At 708 PM MDT, trained weather spotters reported flash flooding along New Mexico State Highway 518 between Cleveland and Holman within the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Burn Scar. Between 0.75 and 2.5 inches of rain have fallen. Additional rainfall amounts up to 1 inch are possible in the warned area. Flash flooding is already occurring. Excessive rainfall over the burn scar will impact the drainage areas for the tributaries of the Mora River, including Coyote Creek, Sierra Ditch, Canoncito Creek, Encinal Creek, and Rio La Casa. HAZARD...Life threatening flash flooding. Thunderstorms producing flash flooding in and around the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Burn Scar. SOURCE...Trained spotters reported. IMPACT...Life threatening flash flooding of areas in and around the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Burn Scar. Some locations that will experience flash flooding include... Mora, Cleveland, Holman, Ledoux, Morphy Lake State Park, La Cueva, Chacon, Gascon, Monte Aplanado and South Carmen.
INSTRUCTION: This is a life threatening situation. Heavy rainfall will cause extensive and severe flash flooding of creeks, streams and ditches in the Hermits Peak Calf Canyon Burn Scar. Severe debris flows can also be anticipated across roads. Roads and driveways may be washed away in places. If you encounter flood waters, climb to safety.
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Precipitation in the form of water droplets is called rain.
Rain generally has a tendency to fall with less intensity over a greater period
of time, and when rainfall is more severe it is usually less sustained.
Rain is the most common form of precipitation and happens with greater frequency
depending on the season and regional influences. Cities have been shown to have
an observable effect on rainfall, due to an effect called the urban heat island.
Compared to upwind, monthly rainfall between twenty and forty miles downwind of
cities is 30% greater.
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Sleet is a form of precipitation in which small ice pellets are the primary
components. These ice pellets are smaller and more translucent than hailstones,
and harder than graupel. Sleet is caused by specific atmospheric conditions and
therefore typically doesn't last for extended periods of time.
The condition which leads to sleet formation requires a warmer body of air to be
wedged in between two sub-freezing bodies of air. When snow falls through a warmer
layer of air it melts, and as it falls through the next sub-freezing body of air
it freezes again, forming ice pellets known as sleet. In some cases, water
droplets don't have time to freeze before reaching the surface and the result is
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