Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jul 18, 2002, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2002, 4:15 PM MDT

In force

49 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Santa Fe County, NM

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
325 PM MDT THU JUL 18 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 317 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EL RANCHO...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  LOS ALAMOS.  THE STORM WAS SLOWLY MOVING TO THE WEST AT 8 MPH. 

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS.

HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS...DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 3577 10619 3577 10607 3589 10607 3590 10622

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 2:55 PM MDT, 31 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
255 PM MDT THU JUL 18 2002

CONVECTIVE TRENDS ONCE AGAIN THE MAIN CONCERN FOR THIS FORECAST.

THUNDERSTORMS MOST CONCENTRATED IN THE SOUTH AND WEST THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH A FEW OVER THE HIGHER TERRAIN TO THE NORTH.
PRECIPITABLE WATERS WERE NEAR 1.5 INCHES AT KEPZ AND KMAF THIS
MORNING VS .86 AT KABQ SO THIS IS TO BE EXPECTED.  SOME HEAVY RAIN
POSSIBLE AND HAVE MENTIONED IN FAR SOUTH.

MODELS SHOW A DRYING TREND FOR FRIDAY WITH CENTRAL US UPPER HIGH
SLIPPING A BIT SOUTHWARD.  HAVE LOWERED POPS AND RAISED TEMPS A BIT
OVER NRN/CNTRL AREAS TO REFLECT THIS.  NEXT QUESTION IS HANDLING OF
MID LEVEL CIRCN OVER SW TX.  ETA HOLDS ON TO THIS FEATURE KEEPING
UPPER HIGH FROM SHIFTING TOO FAR SE. MEANWHILE AVN SHOWS UPPER HIGH
SHIFTING INTO PLAINS...SUPPRESSING TEXAS LOW...BUT AT THE SAME TIME
ALLOWING A MORE SOUTHERLY FETCH OVER NM FOR THE WEEKEND.  THUS AVN
WETTER WHILE ETA ON THE DRY SIDE.  HAVE DECIDED TO LEAN DRY SAT THEN
TREND WETTER FOR THE LATTER HALF OF THE WEEKEND. BELIEVE THE HIGH
SHOULD GET NUDGED BY STRONG CYCLONIC SYSTEM TRAVERSING CANADA
THROUGH THE PERIOD.  MODEL TREND OF SLIPPING COOLER AIR INTO NE NM
FOR EARLY IN THE WEEK SEEMS REASONABLE AND MAY PROVIDE BETTER CHANCE
FOR RAIN IN THOSE AREAS.

UPPER HIGH THEN REBUILDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST MIDWEEK WITH VERY WARM
TEMPS ADVERTISED.  WILL SEPARATE DAYS 4/5 AND 6/7 TO REFLECT THIS
OVER THE PLAINS.

ABQ BB 066/090 067/091 066 19222
SAF BB 056/089 056/089 058 19212
TCC BB 067/094 067/094 065 19100

.ABQ...NONE.

KD

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

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