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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 6, 2004Colfax County, Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 2:12 PM MDT for Colfax County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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
Jul 6, 2004, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 3:00 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Colfax County, NM, Mora County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 2004-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3737 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 12 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT TUE JUL 6 2004

CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME

NMZ001>021-026-071200-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WESTCENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
600 AM MDT TUE JUL 6 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

A BACK DOOR COOL FRONT WILL PENETRATE THE EAST TODAY AND USE THE
STRONG DYNAMICS AND SHEAR ASSOCIATED WITH THE RIGHT REAR QUADRANT OF
THE POLAR JET STREAM TO TRIGGER A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON NEW
MEXICO/S EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE PRIMARY
THREATS INCLUDE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS COULD DEVELOP ON THE FAR EASTERN PLAINS
LATE WEDNESDAY. OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR THE
REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST PERIOD. REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY
RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR
PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON IN COLFAX...CURRY...DE
BACA...GUADALUPE...HARDING...QUAY...MORA...ROOSEVELT...SAN MIGUEL
AND UNION COUNTIES. THIS EVENING SPOTTERS MAY BE NEEDED IN
CHAVES...CURRY...DE BACA...GUADALUPE...HARDING...QUAY...ROOSEVELT
AND UNION COUNTIES.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 2:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel49 min
Jul 6, 3:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora44 min
Jul 6, 3:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel41 min
Jul 6, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora61 min
Jul 6, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln60 min
Jul 6, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance55 min
Jul 6, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe48 min
Jul 6, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004

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.