Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2005
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 2005, 3:23 PM MDT for San Miguel County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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
- May 15, 2005, 3:23 PM MDT (21:23 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 2005, 4:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties San Miguel County, NM, Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 15, 3:08 PM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 15, 3:08 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 308 PM MDT SUN MAY 15 2005 .DISCUSSION...BUSY WEATHER DAY THUNDERSTORMWISE SO WILL HAVE TO MAKE THIS SHORT. TODAY INTO TONIGHT LOOKS LIKELY TO BE THE BUSIEST/WETTEST PERIOD FOR THE NEXT 5 OR MAYBE 7 DAYS AS SHORT WAVE MOVING SE ACROSS CENTRAL NM. FAR SE AND E CENTRAL NM HAS EXPERIENCED LOW CLOUDS FOR TOO LONG TODAY TO ALLOW FOR DECENT WARMING/DESTABILIZATION SO CURRENT STORMS COMING OFF E SLOPES CENTRAL MTN CHAIN MAY HAVE TROUBLE MAINTAINING INTENSITY...BUT STILL WILL KEEP IN SEVERE WORDING FOR NOW AS SHORT WAVE MAY ALSO STILL PROVIDE ENOUGH ENERGY AND LIFT TO ALLOW NEAR SEVERE LIMITS STORMS TO MANAGE FOR AWHILE INTO EVENING. DRY WX FOR MOST OF REST OF PERIOD MOST AREAS SO LITTLE CHANGE IN THOSE WX/PCPN GRIDS. 12Z GFS SHOWING MUCH MORE AMPLIFIED PATTERN FOR THE LATE WEEK AND WEEKEND PERIOD THAN 06Z RUN...BUT SINCE THIS IS FIRST RUN SHOWING THIS MUCH OF A CHANGE WILL NOT BITE ON THIS LURE JUST YET AND KEEP GRIDS MOSTLY AS IS. GOTTA GO DUE TO ISSUANCE OF TSRA WATCH. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 46 84 51 77 / 0 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 38 80 43 75 / 0 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 41 80 45 77 / 0 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 42 88 46 86 / 0 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 34 73 38 70 / 10 0 0 10 LOS ALAMOS...................... 44 78 46 76 / 20 0 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 33 66 36 65 / 20 0 0 10 TAOS............................ 38 76 41 74 / 20 0 0 10 SANTA FE........................ 43 77 45 76 / 20 0 0 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 45 80 47 78 / 20 0 0 0 ESPANOLA........................ 44 82 47 81 / 20 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 54 84 56 82 / 20 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 52 85 54 83 / 20 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 51 82 53 80 / 30 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 52 84 54 82 / 20 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 52 88 55 87 / 20 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 45 77 47 75 / 30 0 0 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 45 79 48 78 / 30 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 50 82 54 84 / 30 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 46 77 51 78 / 40 0 0 0 RATON........................... 42 80 45 79 / 30 0 0 0 LAS VEGAS....................... 43 78 47 77 / 30 0 0 0 ROY............................. 44 79 48 80 / 30 0 0 0 CLAYTON......................... 50 81 53 84 / 30 10 10 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 49 83 53 85 / 40 0 0 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 53 85 58 90 / 40 10 10 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 53 84 57 88 / 40 10 10 0 CLOVIS.......................... 53 84 56 89 / 50 10 10 0 PORTALES........................ 55 84 58 89 / 50 10 10 0 ROSWELL......................... 54 85 59 93 / 50 10 10 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && 43
Hazardous weather outlook, May 15, 1:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 100 PM MDT SUN MAY 15 2005 NMZ001>021-026-161200- 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- 100 PM MDT SUN MAY 15 2005 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS... A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD INTO LINCOLN COUNTY THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING AND FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN EASTWARD TO THE TEXAS LINE LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN... NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. 43
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 8:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 48 min |
| May 14, 9:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 66 min |
| May 14, 11:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 56 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.