Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2007, 1:51 PM MDT for Chaves 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
- May 20, 2007, 1:51 PM MDT (19:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2007, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 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 19:55 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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -200 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 626 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 212 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 May 20, 3:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 51 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 3:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 51 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:45 AM MDT, 8 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 545 AM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 NMZ001>021-026-211200- 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- 545 AM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HIGHLY LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES ON MONDAY AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HIGHLY LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED TUESDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. 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 FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING ON LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING. SHY
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 12:56 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1256 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 NMZ008-009-015-201930- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 1256 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER WESTERN SOCORRO AND MOVING INTO WESTERN VALENCIA AND CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTIES... AT 1250 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 WEST OF LA JOYA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF LA JOYA NORTHWEST THROUGH WESTERN VALENCIA COUNTY AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF LABORCITA. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE CHAMIZAL...LEMITAR...ESCONDIDA...AND SOCORRO. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
Special weather statement, May 20, 1:31 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 131 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 NMZ016-202000- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 131 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHEAST LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 129 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 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PICACHO. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE PICACHO AND SUNSET. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
Special weather statement, May 20, 1:36 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 136 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 NMZ026-202000- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 136 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY... AT 133 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 DUNKEN JUST EAST OF THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 24 AND HIGHWAY 82. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AROUND 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
Special weather statement, May 20, 1:41 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 141 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 NMZ009-015-202015- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- 141 PM MDT SUN MAY 20 2007 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY... AT 137 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 10 MILES WEST OF BELEN. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AROUND 25 MPH. LOCATIONS WHICH MAY BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE LOS CHAVEZ. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE DETECTED NORTHWARD INTO RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWEST BERNALILLO COUNTY ALONG THE RIO PUERCO. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 49 min |
| May 20, 2:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 56 min |
| May 20, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 45 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.