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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 133, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2005, 5:00 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 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
- Jun 30, 2005, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 2005, 5:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 377 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2391 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -6 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 30, 2:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 2:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 238 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 .DISCUSSION...NOT MUCH CHANGE TO THE PREVIOUS FORECASTS. SEEMS THAT TODAY CU FIELD RATHER SLOW TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE EAST IN THE WAKE OF THE COLD FRONT. SO HAVE DECIDED TO LOWER POPS JUST A BIT ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS FOR THE EVENING HOURS. FRIDAY WILL BE MUCH OF THE SAME AS TODAY WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS FORMING ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND MOVING EAST ONTO THE PLAINS IN THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM THAT HAS BEEN THE DOMINATE WEATHER FEATURE FOR MUCH OF THE PAST WEEK WILL BEGIN SLIDING TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST. THIS WILL ALLOW SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY TO FORM EACH AFTERNOON OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MOVE EAST INTO THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING HOURS. SUNDAY MAY BE THE ONLY DOWN DAY PRECIP WISE...HOWEVER FOR MONDAY THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE EXTENDED FORECAST LOOKS LIKE THE HIGH WILL REMAIN JUST S/SW OF THE AREA ALLOWING ACTIVITY TO FORM OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 54 94 56 95 / 0 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 42 92 45 93 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 44 93 47 93 / 0 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 59 100 60 99 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 38 83 40 85 / 0 0 0 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 50 90 54 91 / 0 0 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 41 74 43 76 / 0 20 10 10 TAOS............................ 47 87 47 89 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA FE........................ 50 89 53 91 / 0 0 0 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 53 92 56 93 / 0 0 0 0 ESPANOLA........................ 54 95 56 97 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 65 97 66 97 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 60 98 62 99 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 62 94 63 94 / 0 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 63 96 65 96 / 0 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 65 100 65 100 / 0 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 60 86 61 86 / 0 0 0 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 52 93 53 93 / 0 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 60 96 61 97 / 0 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 62 87 61 88 / 0 0 0 0 RATON........................... 52 86 52 89 / 10 20 10 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 52 86 52 89 / 10 10 10 10 ROY............................. 57 85 57 89 / 10 20 20 0 CLAYTON......................... 60 85 61 90 / 10 20 20 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 62 95 62 97 / 10 10 10 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 65 94 66 98 / 10 10 20 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 65 97 65 99 / 10 10 10 0 CLOVIS.......................... 64 94 65 96 / 10 10 20 0 PORTALES........................ 65 96 66 98 / 10 10 20 0 ROSWELL......................... 68 102 68 102 / 10 0 10 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 16
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 6:00 AM MDT, 11 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 NMZ001>021-026-011200- 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- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 554 AM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE...DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS MAY FORM OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS. PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN 300 PM MDT AND 1000 PM MDT OVER UNION COUNTY IN FAR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. 40
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 339 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 NMZ005-302215- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS INTERSTATE 25 JUST NORTH OF RATON... AT 335 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF RATON. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SUGARITE. THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM WAS ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS. KJ
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 355 PM MDT THU JUN 30 2005 NMZ005-302215- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS INTERSTATE 25 JUST NORTH OF RATON... AT 355 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 8 MILES NORTH OF RATON ALONG INTERSTATE 25. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SUGARITE. THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR OTHER MEDIA SOURCES FOR POSSIBLE UPDATES OR WARNINGS. KJ
Local storm report, Jun 30, 4:25 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 4:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 58 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.