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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 2, 1986Guadalupe County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 1986, 5:24 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 1986, 5:24 PM MDT (23:24 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 1986, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 2, 1:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
150 PM MDT FRI MAY 2 1986

       ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS NEW MEXICO...

WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED ACROSS PORTIONS
OF NEW MEXICO DURING THE PAST SEVERAL HOURS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS FIRST
DEVELOPED OVER THE MOUNTAIN AREAS AND ARE MOVING TOWARD THE NORTHEAST
AROUND 20 MPH. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL, SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MAY
ACCOMPANY THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS UNTIL THE SHOWERS
BEGIN TO DISSIPATE.

SC
Special weather statement, May 2, 3:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
325 PM MDT FRI MAY 2 1986

     ...HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA...

NUMEROUS THUNDERSHOWERS...SOME HEAVY...WERE DEVELOPING OVER THE METRO
AREA. BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS
LIGHTNING WILL ACCOMPANY THESE STROMS.  THE HEAVY RAINFALL MAY FILL
ARROYOS WITH FAST FLOWING WATER. MOTORISTS ARE REMINDED OF THE DANGER
ASSOCIATED WITH ARROYO CROSSINGS AND FLOODED INTERSECTIONS. SHOWERS
WILL BEGIN TO DISSIPATE DURING THE LATE EVENING HOURS..

HTM

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.