Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 15, 2006, 6:24 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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 15, 2006, 6:24 PM MDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 2006, 7:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 347 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
- 1456 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2638 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 254 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.8
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 15, 2:47 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 15, 2:47 PM MDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 247 PM MDT THU JUN 15 2006 .DISCUSSION...UPR LVL TROF DROPPING INTO THE FOUR CORNERS REGION IS PRODUCING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD OF THE STATE. ACROSS THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE...EXPECT THAT ACTIVITY WILL INCREASE IN AREAL COVERAGE AS THE UPR LVL TROF MOVES INTO THE STATE. UPR TROF WILL SWING ACROSS THE STATE TONIGHT AND TOMORROW. STATEWIDE THESE WILL BE THE MOST ACTIVE TIME FRAMES FOR SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH ACTIVITY CEASING FROM WEST TO EAST ACROSS THE STATE AS DRIER AIR PUSHES IN FROM THE WEST. EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS INTO THE EVENING HOURS...SO WILL CONTINUE WITH THE WIND ADVISORY. UPR LVL RDG WILL BE BUILDING ACROSS THE STATE THROUGH THE WEEKEND...WITH IT REGAINING A DOMINATE CONTROL OVER THE STATE INTO THE MIDDLE AND LATER PART OF NEXT WEEK. EXCEPT FOR TOMORROW... TEMPS WILL BE HOT WITH VERY LITTLE CHANCE OF RAIN THROUGH A MAJORITY OF NEXT WEEK. && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 53 82 49 88 / 10 0 0 0 GALLUP.......................... 45 80 40 86 / 10 0 0 0 GRANTS.......................... 47 82 43 86 / 10 0 0 0 GLENWOOD........................ 56 90 51 93 / 10 0 0 0 CHAMA........................... 38 70 37 80 / 20 10 5 5 LOS ALAMOS...................... 53 78 47 84 / 10 10 0 5 RED RIVER....................... 38 68 34 74 / 20 20 10 5 TAOS............................ 44 77 40 83 / 20 20 10 5 SANTA FE........................ 50 82 46 85 / 10 10 5 5 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 52 84 49 86 / 10 10 5 0 ESPANOLA........................ 51 87 48 88 / 10 10 5 5 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 62 87 58 89 / 10 5 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 58 89 54 91 / 10 5 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 60 85 53 88 / 10 5 0 0 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 61 90 56 91 / 10 5 0 0 SOCORRO......................... 60 91 58 91 / 10 5 0 0 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 54 80 49 83 / 10 5 5 0 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 52 85 46 85 / 10 5 5 0 CARRIZOZO....................... 58 92 53 88 / 10 10 5 5 RUIDOSO......................... 52 83 48 79 / 10 10 5 5 RATON........................... 49 78 46 82 / 20 20 20 10 LAS VEGAS....................... 53 79 47 84 / 20 10 10 5 ROY............................. 55 80 53 78 / 20 20 10 10 CLAYTON......................... 60 82 55 84 / 30 20 20 10 SANTA ROSA...................... 61 88 55 88 / 20 10 10 5 TUCUMCARI....................... 67 91 61 92 / 20 10 10 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 67 86 61 89 / 20 10 10 10 CLOVIS.......................... 65 91 58 90 / 20 10 20 10 PORTALES........................ 68 90 64 90 / 20 10 20 10 ROSWELL......................... 68 98 65 96 / 10 10 10 5 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NMZ001-NMZ002- NMZ003-NMZ004-NMZ005-NMZ006-NMZ007-NMZ008-NMZ009-NMZ010-NMZ011- NMZ012-NMZ014-NMZ015. RED FLAG WARNING UNTIL 8 PM MDT THIS EVENING FOR NMZ101-NMZ102- NMZ103-NMZ104-NMZ105-NMZ106-NMZ107-NMZ108-NMZ109. FIRE WEATHER WATCH FROM FRIDAY MORNING THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING FOR NMZ106-NMZ107-NMZ108. && 16
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 15, 6:00 AM MDT, 12 hours 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT THU JUN 15 2006 NMZ001>021-026-161200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 600 AM MDT THU JUN 15 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 8 PM MDT TODAY FOR FOR ALL BUT THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS. A WIND ADVISORY IS ALSO IN EFFECT OVER THE WEST...CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREAS OF THE STATE FROM 1 PM TO 8 PM MDT. STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE LIKELY IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE NORTH AND EAST. LITTLE RAIN WILL FALL BUT WIND GUSTS CAN REACH 50 OR 55 MPH. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY STRONG WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITIES WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS FOR EASTERN AND SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 40
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jun 15, 5:51 PM MDT, 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 6:58 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval, Socorro, Valencia | 13 hr |
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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.