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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 11, 2001Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2001, 4:01 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
May 11, 2001, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
Expired
May 11, 2001, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 223 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 2001-05-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 2001-05-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 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
72 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2732 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 112201
SVRABQ
NMC007-112230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
401 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 358 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MAXWELL...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTH OF SPRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  2 MILES SOUTH OF MAXWELL AT 430 PM MDT

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS

LAT...LON 3649 10475 3636 10460 3647 10442 3663 10462

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 11, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel29 min
May 11, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax24 min
May 11, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax29 min
May 11, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora29 min
May 11, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax28 min
May 11, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe38 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.