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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2006, 6:17 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 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 22, 2006, 6:17 PM MDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- May 22, 2006, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Union County, NM
The radar
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 2:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
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 22, 3:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 22, 3:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED A TYPOS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 303 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 .DISCUSSION...WHAT STARTED AS A TRANQUIL MORNING WITH A FEW ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAS TURNED INTO A DAY WITH MANY DIFFERENT CONCERNS...RANGING FROM FIRE WEATHER...TO STRONG WINDS...TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. BUT IT WOULDN/T BE NEW MEXICO WITHOUT A MIX OF WEATHER. WILL CONTINUE WITH ALL PREVIOUS WATCHES AND WARNINGS THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS. UPR LVL TROF WEAKENING AND EJECTED NORTHEAST THROUGH NE AZ/NW NM AT THIS TIME. DRY SLOT WORKING ITS WAY INTO THE WESTERN HALF OF THE STATE IS PROVIDING GOOD MIXING AND THUS VERY STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTHWEST. ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND EASTERN PLAINS...STRONG CONVECTION WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. ALL OF THE CONVECTION IS PRODUCING LARGE AMOUNTS OF LIGHTNING...SO IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS EXPECT TO SEE QUITE A FEW FIRE STARTS. SYSTEM SHOULD TRANSITION OUT OF THE AREA FAIRLY RAPIDLY TONIGHT. BEYOND TONIGHT...NO MAJOR WEATHER EXPECTED...CONTINUE DRY AND HOT. FIRE WEATHER WILL REMAIN DOMINATE WEATHER ISSUES IN THE COMING FORECASTS. NO CHANGES TO EXTENDED FORECAST. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 45 80 45 85 / 20 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 37 78 34 84 / 10 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 41 81 40 85 / 10 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 48 88 47 93 / 5 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 33 72 32 79 / 30 0 0 0 LOS ALAMOS...................... 43 79 46 84 / 10 0 0 0 RED RIVER....................... 32 67 35 74 / 30 0 0 0 TAOS............................ 39 78 38 83 / 20 0 0 0 SANTA FE........................ 44 81 46 83 / 10 0 0 0 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 47 82 46 86 / 10 0 0 0 ESPANOLA........................ 43 84 44 90 / 20 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 56 86 56 88 / 5 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 49 87 48 90 / 5 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 51 85 52 87 / 5 0 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 53 88 54 91 / 5 0 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 55 88 54 88 / 5 0 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 47 82 46 82 / 5 0 0 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 44 83 42 85 / 10 0 0 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 54 89 51 89 / 5 0 0 0 RUIDOSO......................... 49 83 46 84 / 5 0 0 0 RATON........................... 44 81 44 83 / 30 0 0 0 LAS VEGAS....................... 48 80 46 83 / 10 0 0 0 ROY............................. 49 80 49 80 / 30 0 0 0 CLAYTON......................... 55 86 54 85 / 30 0 0 0 SANTA ROSA...................... 52 89 53 90 / 10 0 0 0 TUCUMCARI....................... 61 93 58 94 / 20 0 0 0 FORT SUMNER..................... 58 91 57 90 / 10 0 0 0 CLOVIS.......................... 60 92 55 92 / 20 0 0 0 PORTALES........................ 63 94 58 94 / 10 0 0 0 ROSWELL......................... 64 96 61 96 / 10 0 0 0 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NMZ002-NMZ003-NMZ004- NMZ008-NMZ009-NMZ010-NMZ014-NMZ015. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NMZ101-NMZ102- NMZ103-NMZ105-NMZ106-NMZ107-NMZ108-NMZ109. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING FOR NMZ103-NMZ104-NMZ108. && 16
Hazardous weather outlook, May 22, 11:55 AM MDT, 6 hours 22 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 22, 2:12 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 212 PM MDT MON MAY 22 2006 NMZ016-222045- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 210 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 6 MILES NORTH OF ARABELA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...INCLUDING HIGHWAY 246. 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. DPORTER
Special weather statement, May 22, 2:59 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 22, 6:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Taos | 57 min |
| May 22, 6:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 55 min |
| May 22, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 60 min |
| May 22, 8:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 59 min |
| May 22, 8:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 23 min |
| May 22, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 44 min |
| May 23, 7:16 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 13 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2006Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2006
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.