Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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. 23
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. 23
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.