Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2006
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 2006, 2:36 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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 27, 2006, 2:36 PM MDT (20:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 2006, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 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 20:36 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 726 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -16 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 561 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Aug 27, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 36 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 36 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 6:03 AM MDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 603 AM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 NMZ001>021-026-281200- 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- 603 AM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...INCLUDING EASTERN COLFAX AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES...UNION COUNTY AND MUCH OF QUAY COUNTY. THE MAIN THREATS WILL BE STRONG WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH AND HAIL AROUND ONE INCH IN DIAMETER. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. ISOLATED MINOR FLOODING ALONG STREAMS...CREEKS AND ARROYOS...AS WELL AS PONDING OF WATER ON ROADS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO RETURN EARLY THIS WEEK ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...BUT SHOULD ADVANCE NORTH OVER ALL THE AREA BY THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. FLOODING ALONG CREEKS...STREAMS AND SMALLER RIVERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A CONCERN NEXT WEEK...INCLUDING CARRIZO CREEK COMING INTO THE RIO RUIDOSO RIVER...AS WELL AS THE RIO BONITO BELOW BONITO LAKE. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN 2 PM AND 10 PM MDT ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. 40
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1221 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 NMZ005-012-013-016>021-026-272000- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY- 1221 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ...SHOWERS WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL SLATED FOR THIS AFTERNOON... LOCALLY HEAVY SHOWERS AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR LIKELY IN THE HEAVIEST OF SHOWERS. SHOWERS WILL START DEVELOPING EARLY THIS AFTERNOON FROM LAS VEGAS TO RUIDOSO...WITH SHOWERS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND LOCALLY MORE INTENSE THROUGHOUT THE AFTERNOON. EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS TO FILL ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT PATCHES OF DEEP WATER ON ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE OBSTRUCTED OR CLOSED OFF BY FLOWING WATER. NMZ006-007-272000- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY- 1221 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ...LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY SHOWERS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON... EXPECT LOCALLY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND SOME HEAVY DOWNPOURS OVER THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LARGE HAIL POSSIBLE IN THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS. ISOLATED STORMS WILL DEVELOP AFTER 2 PM MDT...WITH STORMS BECOMING MORE WIDESPREAD AND INTENSE BY LATE AFTERNOON. EXPECT HEAVY SHOWERS TO FILL ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND DITCHES. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT PATCHES OF DEEP WATER ON ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS MAY BE OBSTRUCTED OR CLOSED OFF BY FLOWING WATER. SHY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1251 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 NMZ016-017-019-272100- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 1251 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN FORT STANTON AND ARABELA IS MOVING TO THE EAST. EXPECT LOCALLY HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF UP TO AN INCH OF RAIN PER HOUR AS THIS STORM PASSES OVER STATE ROAD 246 AND HIGHWAYS 70 AND 380. HEAVY RAIN WILL FILL ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS...AND DITCHES. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT PATCHES OF DEEP WATER ON ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS BLOCKED BY FLOWING WATER. SHY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 110 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 NMZ007-272100- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- 110 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS THE AREA... ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH CONTINUED DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. STORMS LATER THIS AFTERNOON MAY HAVE GUSTY WINDS AND PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IS CURRENTLY NORTH OF CLAYTON LAKE STATE PARK AND SENECA AND IS MOVING EAST TO THE OKLAHOMA BORDER. EXPECT HEAVY RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL. DRIVERS ON STATE ROADS 406 AND 456 IN UNION COUNTY SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY ALERT. HEAVY RAIN WILL FILL ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS...AND DITCHES. DRIVERS SHOULD EXPECT PATCHES OF DEEP WATER ON ROADS...AND LOW WATER CROSSINGS BLOCKED BY FLOWING WATER. SHY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 133 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 NMZ005>007-012-013-272030- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-QUAY COUNTY- 133 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. FIRST THUNDERSTORMS OF THE AFTERNOON WILL BE INCREASING NORTH OF CLAYTON THROUGH 3 PM. STORMS WILL LIKELY INCREASE QUICKLY IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY BETWEEN 230 PM AND 4 PM IN THE AREA FROM NEAR RATON AND CLAYTON SOUTH TO TUCUMCARI. STAY ALERT DURING MID AFTERNOON FOR STORMS TO TRANSITION FROM BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL TO STORMS WITH LARGER HAIL AND WINDS EXCEEDING 50 MPH. CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING STORM TRENDS AND LOCATIONS. 03
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 2:35 PM MDT, 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 235 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 NMZ005>007-272130- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 235 PM MDT SUN AUG 27 2006 ...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON... A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALREADY ACTIVE IN FAR NORTHWEST UNION COUNTY ABOUT 8 TO 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF FOLSOM AND ALSO ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROY. STORMS WILL LIKELY INCREASE QUICKLY IN NUMBER AND INTENSITY THROUGH 4 PM IN THE AREA FROM NEAR RATON AND CLAYTON SOUTHWEST TO CONCHAS LAKE. STAY ALERT DURING MID AFTERNOON FOR STORMS TO TRANSITION FROM BRIEF HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL TO STORMS WITH LARGER HAIL AND WINDS EXCEEDING 50 MPH. CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR ADDITIONAL STATEMENT REGARDING STORM TRENDS AND LOCATIONS. 03
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 44 min |
| Aug 26, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 52 min |
| Aug 27, 3:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 59 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.