Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jun 20, 2003, 2:57 PM MDT (20:57 UTC)

Expired

Jun 20, 2003, 3:30 PM MDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln 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
257 PM MDT FRI JUN 20 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 330 PM MDT

* AT 254 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER PICACHO...OR ABOUT 31 MILES WEST OF
  ROSWELL...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER RURAL SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY 

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 3392 10519 3315 10519 3316 10491 3391 10490

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KD

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 20, 11:06 AM MDT, 3 hours 51 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

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