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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 26, 2007Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 2007, 8:43 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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 26, 2007, 8:43 PM MDT (02:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2007, 9:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 26, 5:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 264 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2399 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2007-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
2399 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-63 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
233 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
7.0

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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.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 26, 3:01 PM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:01 PM MDT, 5 hours 42 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
301 PM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

.DISCUSSION...SEVERE STORMS AND SEVERE T STORM WATCH ALREADY
UNDERWAY FOR NE...MUCH OF E CENTRAL AND A PORTION OF CENTRAL NM
EFFECTIVE TIL 10 PM MDT. SO THIS NEEDS TO BE A BIT TRUNCATED. BACK
DOOR FRONT HEADING INTO FAR NE NM...AS OF THIS WRITING JUST S OF
KCAO AND KRTN. THIS TO CONTINUE S AND W THROUGH THE NIGHT AND
SHOULD MAKE IT INTO E CENTRAL/SE NM AND UPPER AND MIDDLE RIO
GRANDE VALLEY BEFORE MIDNIGHT. QUITE RICH MOISTURE E CENTRAL AND
SE NM AND ONLY A SLIGHTLY LESSER DEGREE BEHIND BACK DOOR FRONT SO
MAJOR DEWPOINT INCREASE AT LEAST TO AND PERHAPS A LITTLE W OF
DIVIDE BY AT LEAST MID MORNING WED. EXPANDED STRONG TO SEVERE
STORM WORDING A LITTLE TO S AND W OVERNIGHT...BUT NOT SO MUCH AS
TO RENDER EARLIER HAZARDOUS WWEATHER OUTLOOK OBSOLETE. RAISED POPS
SOMEWHAT FOR TONIGHT S AND W TO NEAR OR A LITTLE S OF INTERSTATE
25 AND W TO E TORRANCE COUNTY. MOST OF REST OF FORECAST GRIDS
REQUIRED JUST MINOR TWEAKS AND CENTRAL TO W NM...AT LEAST BETWEEN
CENTRAL MT CHAIN W TO DIVIDE WILL SEE SIGNIFICANT UPTICK IN
CONVECTION WED AND THU WITH SLOW DECREASE AND RETRACTION OF
MOISTURE AND STORMS FROM W TO E FRI AND SAT. BACK TO WARMING AND
DRYING FOR SEVERAL DAYS THEREAFTER.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  56  96  62  95 /   0   5   5   5
GALLUP..........................  48  92  55  90 /   0   5   5   5
GRANTS..........................  52  90  55  89 /   5  20  30  20
GLENWOOD........................  51  94  60  94 /   5  10  10  10
CHAMA...........................  45  80  46  81 /  20  30  30  20
LOS ALAMOS......................  56  83  54  80 /  20  20  50  20
RED RIVER.......................  42  70  42  74 /  50  30  50  30
TAOS............................  54  84  51  84 /  30  30  50  30
SANTA FE........................  60  82  57  83 /  20  30  50  30
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  61  86  59  86 /  20  20  50  30
ESPANOLA........................  60  88  57  89 /  20  20  40  20
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  69  91  67  90 /  10  20  50  20
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  64  94  63  93 /  10  20  50  20
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  63  91  62  90 /  10  20  40  20
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  66  95  64  93 /  10  20  40  20
SOCORRO.........................  62  90  63  90 /  10  20  50  20
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  54  86  53  84 /  10  30  50  30
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  56  84  55  84 /  20  30  50  30
CARRIZOZO.......................  63  90  62  88 /  10  20  40  30
RUIDOSO.........................  54  78  55  79 /  20  30  50  30
RATON...........................  55  80  51  82 /  60  30  40  20
LAS VEGAS.......................  55  79  51  80 /  50  30  50  30
ROY.............................  58  78  57  79 /  50  30  40  20
CLAYTON.........................  61  81  61  84 /  60  20  30  20
SANTA ROSA......................  59  86  60  87 /  50  30  40  20
TUCUMCARI.......................  65  87  63  88 /  50  20  30  20
FORT SUMNER.....................  64  87  64  88 /  40  20  30  20
CLOVIS..........................  65  85  63  87 /  50  20  20  20
PORTALES........................  64  88  64  87 /  40  20  20  20
ROSWELL.........................  69  89  67  91 /  30  20  30  20

&&

.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 5:43 AM MDT, 15 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
543 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

NMZ001>021-026-271200-
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-
543 AM MDT TUE JUN 26 2007

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 ACROSS THE EAST SLOPES
OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST PLAINS AND EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS FROM LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. THE
PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN
CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND
WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT
IN COLFAX...CURRY...DE BACA...GUADALUPE...HARDING...MORA...
QUAY...ROOSEVELT...SAN MIGUEL...EASTERN TAOS AND UNION COUNTIES.

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In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry55 min
Jun 26, 6:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt53 min
Jun 26, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves53 min
Jun 27, 5:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

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.