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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 7, 2004Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2004, 2:44 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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 7, 2004, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
Expired
Jul 7, 2004, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Lincoln County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2004-07-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 35 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2004-07-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 16 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
35 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-377 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 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 7, 10:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 10:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT WED JUL 7 2004

NMZ001>021-026-081200-
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 WED JUL 7 2004

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. REMEMBER...WEATHER
CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES
AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

44

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 6:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca57 min
Jul 6, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe66 min
Jul 6, 6:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves42 min
Jul 6, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca61 min
Jul 6, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt41 min
Jul 6, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves49 min
Jul 6, 8:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt44 min
Jul 6, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt41 min
Jul 7, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln44 min
Jul 7, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel61 min
Jul 7, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln28 min
Jul 7, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe64 min
Jul 7, 5:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay61 min
Jul 7, 5:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion56 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.