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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 8, 2006San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2006, 6:45 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 8, 2006, 6:45 PM MDT (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2006, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:16 PM MDT, 29 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
616 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2006

NMZ010-015-090115-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
616 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY...

AT 612 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL...WINDS UP
TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 16 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BINGHAM. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ESCONDIDA...LA JOYA AND
LEMITAR.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. STRONG FLOWS MAY DEVELOP IN ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS.

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:28 PM MDT, 17 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
628 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2006

NMZ008-090130-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
628 PM MDT TUE AUG 8 2006

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHWESTERN CIBOLA COUNTY...

AT 625 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 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF FENCE LAKE.
MOVEMENT WAS WEST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CIBOLA
COUNTY.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA. STRONG FLOWS WILL FORM IN ARROYOS AND SMALL STREAMS.

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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.