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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 6, 2004San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2004, 2:41 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2004, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, 2:34 PM MDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:34 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
234 PM MDT TUE JUL 6 2004

.DISCUSSION...OUTFLOW BOUNDARY PUSHED THROUGH THE EAST ERN PLAINS
EARLY THIS MORNING FROM STRONG CONVECTIVE COMPLEX THAT FORMED IN CO
KS AND OK YESTERDAY EVENING. THE CONVECTION HAS MADE A MORE COMPLEX
SITUATION AND HARDER TO DISTINGUISH THE SYNOPTIC FRONT. THE MAIN
RESULT IS INCREASED LOW LVL MOISTURE INTRUDING WEST OVER THE PLAINS.
NORTHWESTERLY FLOW ALOFT WITH A FEW WEAK S/WS WILL PROVIDE ENOUGH
DYNAMICS FOR SOME STRONG TS OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS LATE THE
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE RIDGE CONTINUES TO BUILD OVER FAR WEST
TX AND SOUTHERN NM. LATEST MODELS DELAY AXIS PROGRESSION EAST BY
24 TO 36 HRS. THE INFLUX OF SUBTROPICAL MID TO UPPER LVL MOISTURE
WILL ALSO BE DELAYED. TRENDED POPS DOWN FOR MID WEEK BECAUSE OF THIS
TIMING. AS THE RIDGE ELONGATES AND THE AXIS SHIFTS EAST SWERLY FLOW
ALOFT MOVES OVER MOST OF NM. A NUMBER OF WEAK S/WS MOVE THRU THE
FLOW FROM MID WEEK THRU THE WEEKEND. EXPECT THE LATER PART OF THE
WEEK WILL BE ACTIVE WITH DAILY ISO TO SCT SH/TS DEVELOPMENT. THE
RIDGE IS PROGGED TO SLIDE BACK WEST EARLY NEXT WEEK AND CENTER OVER
NM AND CUT OFF THE MOISTURE. WILL KEEP DRYING TREND FOR MON TUE
NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON................ 057/094 058/090 059 2300-
GALLUP.................... 050/090 052/087 052 23000
GRANTS.................... 050/091 051/087 052 23000
GLENWOOD.................. 056/094 060/090 063 23000
CHAMA..................... 047/082 047/081 046 23---
LOS ALAMOS................ 053/086 053/086 054 23---
RED RIVER................. 044/075 045/075 044 232-1
TAOS...................... 048/087 047/087 049 231-1
SANTA FE.................. 054/086 054/086 055 231--
SANTA FE AIRPORT.......... 056/090 055/090 056 231--
ESPANOLA.................. 056/092 056/092 057 231--
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS....... 066/094 066/094 066 2310-
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY........ 066/095 066/095 066 2310-
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS..... 063/092 063/091 063 2310-
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA..... 064/094 065/093 064 2310-
SOCORRO................... 062/096 064/095 063 23001
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST... 056/086 057/085 056 23111
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA......... 057/089 058/089 058 23111
CARRIZOZO................. 060/090 062/090 063 23011
RUIDOSO................... 058/081 060/082 061 23122
RATON..................... 051/089 051/089 053 23211
LAS VEGAS................. 051/085 053/086 053 23212
ROY....................... 055/089 056/089 058 23212
CLAYTON................... 058/090 062/091 062 23311
SANTA ROSA................ 060/096 062/096 062 23322
TUCUMCARI................. 065/096 065/098 066 23322
FORT SUMNER............... 063/096 064/098 065 23322
CLOVIS.................... 064/093 064/095 065 23322
PORTALES.................. 065/094 065/096 066 23322
ROSWELL................... 065/098 067/099 069 23221
&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...NONE.
&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 41 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, 2:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora48 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

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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.