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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 2, 2007Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 2, 2007, 3:11 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 64 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
May 2, 2007, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired
May 2, 2007, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
64 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), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:11 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
May 2, 12:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 25 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2007-05-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -44 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
25 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2292 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-2 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 022112
SVRABQ
NMC005-022215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0021.070502T2111Z-070502T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
311 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 415 PM MDT

* AT 306 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY...OR ABOUT 37 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
  CLOUDCROFT...AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY AROUND 330 PM MDT...

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS IMPACTING HIGHWAY 24 EAST OF PINON.

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE
SHELTER NOW.

LAT...LON 3269 10533 3253 10534 3253 10507 3269 10510
      3269 10525

$$

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2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS55 KABQ 022144
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
343 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007

NMC005-022215-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070502T2215Z/
CHAVES-
343 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
CHAVES COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT...

AT 342 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED JUST EAST OF DUNKEN...OR ABOUT 39 MILES EAST OF 
CLOUDCROFT...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY AROUND 400 PM MDT...

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3292 10513 3280 10529 3253 10518 3253 10484
      3297 10484

$$

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000 
WWUS55 KABQ 022211
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
410 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007

NMC005-022220-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-070502T2215Z/
CHAVES-
410 PM MDT WED MAY 2 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 415 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT 
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3292 10513 3280 10529 3253 10518 3253 10484
      3297 10484

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 2, 2:47 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves58 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.