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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 6, 2005Harding County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2005, 4:13 PM MDT for Harding County, Union 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 6, 2005, 4:13 PM MDT (22:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2005, 5:01 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 184 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 6, 1:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 196 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 88 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -363 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 062213
SVRABQ
NMC021-059-062300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0090.050606T2213Z-050606T2300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
413 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 500 PM MDT

* AT 409 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
  HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
  MILES WEST OF CLAYTON TO BUEYEROS...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CLAYTON AROUND 425 PM MDT...
  HAYDEN AROUND 440 PM MDT...
  SEDAN AROUND 500 PM MDT...

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AVOID WINDOWS. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL.

LAT...LON 3646 10365 3587 10386 3598 10304 3663 10303

$$

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3 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 062226
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
426 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

NMC021-059-062300-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050606T2300Z/
HARDING-UNION-
426 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL UNION
AND EAST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT...

AT 421 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7
MILES NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON TO 19 MILES WEST OF HAYDEN...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  SEDAN...

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

LAT...LON 3646 10365 3587 10370 3598 10304 3663 10303

$$

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000 
WWUS55 KABQ 062238
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
438 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

NMC021-059-062300-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050606T2300Z/
HARDING-UNION-
438 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
UNION AND EASTERN HARDING COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM MDT...

AT 433 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL.  THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10
MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON TO 14 MILES NORTH OF ROSEBUD...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HAYDEN...
  SEDAN...

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW 
INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3646 10367 3572 10369 3555 10364 3543 10338
      3576 10337 3575 10305 3663 10303

$$

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000 
WWUS55 KABQ 062301
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
502 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

NMC021-059-062312-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0090.000000T0000Z-050606T2300Z/
HARDING-UNION-
502 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION AND
EASTERN HARDING COUNTIES AT 500 PM MDT...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3646 10367 3572 10369 3555 10364 3543 10338
      3576 10337 3575 10305 3663 10303

$$

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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 Jun 6, 2:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 2:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
235 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE WEATHER IN PROGRESS ACROSS E PLAINS SO THIS
MUST BE SHORT. DRYLINE STORMS HAVING DEVELOPED MEANS SIGNIFICANT
INCREASE IN POPS FOR E PLAINS...E OF A RATON TO DUNKEN LINE...FOR
THIS EVENING. WHILE DRYLINE MAY BE SLOW TO ADVANCE EWRD TONIGHT...
BUT ALL INDICATIONS STILL ARE THAT IT WILL EXIT THE STATE BEFORE
ACTIVITY SHOULD DEVELOP AGAIN TUE AFTERNOON. MAY WELL BE A CLOSE
CALL SO LATER MODEL RUNS AND ACTUAL WEATHER TRENDS WILL NEED TO BE
MONITORED CLOSELY AS SEVERE WX PUT A HALT TO FURTHER ANALYSIS AND
GRIDS TWEAKING A LITTLE WHILE AGO. DRY TREND STATEWIDE SHOULD
HOLD FROM TUE INTO AT LEAST THU BEFORE NEXT SIGNIFICANT SHARPENING IN
LONG WAVE TROUGH TO W OF NM HELPS DRAW SOME MOISTURE BACK WESTWARD
INTO THE E THIRD TO POSSIBLY HALF OF NM. SOME INCREASE IN WIND
SPEEDS TUE AND POSSIBLY INTO WED BEFORE BACKING OFF SOME.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  50  83  48  84 /   0   0   0   0
GALLUP..........................  44  80  41  81 /   0   0   0   0
GRANTS..........................  45  84  43  84 /   0   0   0   0
GLENWOOD........................  46  88  49  89 /   0   0   0   0
CHAMA...........................  35  74  35  75 /   0   0   0   0
LOS ALAMOS......................  44  81  45  81 /   0   0   0   0
RED RIVER.......................  39  71  36  69 /   0   0   0   0
TAOS............................  41  81  38  81 /   0   0   0   0
SANTA FE........................  45  82  45  81 /   0   0   0   0
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  48  85  48  84 /   0   0   0   0
ESPANOLA........................  46  86  47  87 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  59  89  59  88 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  56  90  56  89 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  57  87  57  86 /   0   0   0   0
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  58  89  58  89 /   0   0   0   0
SOCORRO.........................  56  91  57  91 /   0   0   0   0
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  53  80  52  79 /   0   0   0   0
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  51  85  49  85 /   0   0   0   0
CARRIZOZO.......................  54  92  55  90 /   0   0   0   0
RUIDOSO.........................  57  84  54  84 /   0   0   0   0
RATON...........................  46  83  46  83 /   0   0   0   0
LAS VEGAS.......................  47  83  47  82 /   0   0   0   0
ROY.............................  52  87  53  85 /  30   0   0   0
CLAYTON.........................  57  90  57  89 /  30   0   0   0
SANTA ROSA......................  55  94  57  94 /  30   0   0   0
TUCUMCARI.......................  62  96  61  96 /  40   0   0   0
FORT SUMNER.....................  59  96  61  95 /  40   0   0   0
CLOVIS..........................  62  94  60  94 /  40   0   0   0
PORTALES........................  63  95  59  95 /  40   0   0   0
ROSWELL.........................  64  98  63  99 /  40   0   0   0

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 3 PM UNTIL 7 PM MDT MONDAY FOR
FIRE WEATHER WATCH IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM UNTIL 7 PM MDT TUESDAY FOR

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 6:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

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-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
540 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE FAR
EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING MAINLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WILL FORM ALONG THE DRYLINE AND
MOVE EAST AS THE BOUNDARY MOVES EAST. ALSO...A RED FLAG WARNING HAS
BEEN POSTED FOR THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND
ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS FOR THIS AFTERNOON AS WINDS INCREASE AND
MOISTURE DECREASES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...

STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE AS MOISTURE DROPS OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES
OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS AND ADJACENT HIGH PLAINS...THEREFORE A FIRE
WEATHER WATCH HAS BEEN POSTED FOR TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 1:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 33 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
140 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

NMZ004>007-011>013-016>021-026-070300-
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-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
140 PM MDT MON JUN 6 2005

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY
EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
419 IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES

  CHAVES          COLFAX          CURRY           DE BACA
  GUADALUPE       HARDING         LINCOLN         MORA
  QUAY            ROOSEVELT       SAN MIGUEL      UNION

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA. REMAIN ALERT AND CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER
RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL COMMERCIAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OUTLETS FOR LATEST
STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR YOUR LOCATION.

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 2:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
251 PM MDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0215 PM     HAIL             15 SW ROY               35.79N 104.39W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        SAN MIGUEL         NM   PUBLIC

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN SABINOSO AT 215 PM AND 245 PM.

0245 PM     HAIL             15 SW ROY               35.79N 104.39W
06/06/2005  0.88 INCH        SAN MIGUEL         NM   AMATEUR RADIO

            NICKEL SIZED HAIL IN SABINOSO AT 215 PM AND 245 PM.

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
310 PM MDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     HAIL             2 E SANTA ROSA          34.94N 104.64W
06/06/2005  1.75 INCH        GUADALUPE          NM   BROADCAST MEDIA

            REPORT FROM SANTA ROSA RADIO STATION...KSSR

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:39 PM MDT, 34 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
339 PM MDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0338 PM     HAIL             25 E ROY                35.94N 103.75W
06/06/2005  1.00 INCH        HARDING            NM   PUBLIC

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 6, 3:54 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
354 PM MDT MON JUN 06 2005

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0325 PM     HAIL             12 N ROSWELL            33.54N 104.53W
06/06/2005  1.75 INCH        CHAVES             NM   BROADCAST MEDIA

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 1:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	59 min
Jun 6, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	55 min
Jun 6, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	55 min
Jun 6, 3:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	57 min
Jun 6, 3:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	54 min
Jun 6, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	62 min
Jun 6, 3:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Chaves	48 min
Jun 6, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	56 min
Jun 6, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	25 min
Jun 6, 4:41 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Chaves	49 min
Jun 6, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	64 min
Jun 6, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	52 min
Jun 6, 5:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	67 min
Jun 6, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	59 min
Jun 6, 5:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2005 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.