Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 20, 2003, 12:22 PM MDT (18:22 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 2003, 1:00 PM MDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Torrance County, NM

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:25 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.

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
1220 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 100 PM MDT

* AT 1218 PM MDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED NICKEL SIZE HAIL 7 WEST OF    
  ENCINO...OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF VAUGHN. THE STORM WAS MOVING    
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER EASTERN TORRANCE COUNTY THROUGH 100 PM MDT

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF VERY LARGE HAIL WHICH CAN
CAUSE INJURY AND PROPERTY DAMAGE. TAKE SHELTER NOW.

LAT...LON 3469 10565 3453 10555 3447 10531 3505 10528

$$

KD

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 11:06 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1106 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003

ISSUED ANOTHER FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR THE EAST AND SACRAMENTO
MOUNTAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IN
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS MORNING WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD EAST. EXPECT A
FRESH BATCH OF THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN EASTERN
NEW MEXICO AHEAD OF A DEEP THERMAL TROF EVIDENT ON 12Z UPPER AIR
CHARTS. PRECIPITABLE WATER OVER THE EAST WILL ALSO REMAIN ABOVE
.75 INCH UNTIL AROUND MIDNIGHT...WHEN PERSISTENT SOUTHWESTERLY WINDS
ALOFT WILL FINALLY DRY OUT THE COLUMN. SEVERAL LOCATIONS IN EASTERN
NEW MEXICO...WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED MORE THAN AN INCH OF RAIN DURING
THE PAST TWO DAYS...COULD RECEIVE ANOTHER INCH OR TWO THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING.

PREVIOUS DISCUSSION

AN UPR LVL S/WV MVG ACROSS ARIZONA WILL RESULT IN ANOTHER ROUND OF
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TODAY. NOT MANY CHANGES TO THE
PREVIOUS FORECAST...DID RAISE THE POPS TODAY ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS. AFTER THIS S/WV CLEARS THE AREA...AREA WILL COME UNDER THE
INFLUENCE OF ZONAL FLOW WHICH MEANS WARM AND DRY CONDITIONS. NO
CHANGES TO THE EXTENDED FOREACST.

.ABQ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH NMZ005-006-011>013-016>021-026
RED FLAG WARNING THIS AFTN TO EARLY EVE NMZ105 WEST OF CONT DIVIDE.

MARTIN/DLC

NMZ001>021-026-211200-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS. AN UPPER LEVEL SHORT WAVE MOVING ACROSS THE
AREA COMBINED WITH AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE AND DAYTIME HEATING WILL
RESULT IN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING BY NOON.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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.