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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 29, 1996Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 1996, 10:06 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 69 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 29, 1996, 10:06 PM MDT (04:06 UTC)
Expired: Aug 29, 1996, 11:15 PM MDT
In force: 69 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, Aug 29, 4:23 PM MDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

NMZ009-292330-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
425 PM MDT THU AUG 29 1996

AT 415 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER THE ALBUQUERQUE
FOOTHILLS. SEVERAL REPORTS WERE RECEIVED FROM OBSERVERS AND RESIDENTS IN
THIS AREA FROM SHORTLY AFTER 4 PM TO 415 PM. THESE REPORTS INCLUDE 13/8
INCH HAIL AT JUAN TABO AND INDIAN SCHOOL AT 415PM. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS
REPORTED AT 410 PM AT TRAMWAY AND INDIAN SCHOOL.

ALSO BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS HAVE ACCOMPANIED THIS STORM.  THIS RAIN WILL
QUICKLY RUN INTO NEARBY ARROYOS CAUSING QUICK AND DANGEROUS RISES.
ALSO LOCALIZED STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 29, 11:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	60 min
Aug 30, 4:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	50 min
Aug 30, 4:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	63 min
Aug 30, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	61 min
Aug 30, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	50 min
Aug 30, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	45 min
Aug 30, 5:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	68 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.