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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 4, 2007Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2007, 1:28 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It was in force for 52 min. 6 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2007, 1:28 PM MDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2007, 2:20 PM MDT
In force: 52 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Rio Arriba County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 4, 1:36 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 Ne Alcalde, NM	ROOF BLOWN OFF MOBILE HOME.
Jun 4, 1:45 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Espanola, NM	DAMAGED TREES AND BROKE WINDOWS.
Jun 4, 1:45 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Espanola, NM
Jun 4, 2:00 PM MDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 60	2 Se Espanola, NM	FLAG POLE BENT AND NEARLY DESTROYED. SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH AT TIME OF GUST.
Jun 4, 2:26 PM MDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 60	2 Se Espanola, NM	FLAG POLE BENT AND NEARLY DESTROYED. SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH AT TIME OF GUST. BROKE ELM TREE BRANCHES OF 1 1/2 INCHES IN DIAMETER.
Jun 4, 2:26 PM MDT	NON-TSTM WND GST 60	4 Se Espanola, NM	FLAG POLE BENT AND NEARLY DESTROYED. SUSTAINED WIND 40 MPH AT TIME OF GUST.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

Did it verify

Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched one storm report to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 8 minutes after it went out.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 131 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 181 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 041928
SVRABQ
NMC039-042030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0074.070604T1928Z-070604T2030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
128 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 230 PM MDT

* AT 125 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
  VELARDE...OR ABOUT 12 MILES NORTH OF ESPANOLA...AND MOVING SOUTH AT
  20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ESPANOLA AROUND 155 PM MDT...
  SANTA CLARA PUEBLO AROUND 205 PM MDT...

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3626 10592 3622 10588 3613 10586 3601 10587
      3601 10603 3594 10604 3594 10624 3618 10625
      3632 10614

$$

DPORTER

2 follow-up statements

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 042009
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
209 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

NMC039-042030-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070604T2030Z/
RIO ARRIBA-
209 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO
ARRIBA COUNTY UNTIL 230 PM MDT...

AT 204 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 NEAR ESPANOLA...OR ABOUT NEAR CHIMAYO...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL. SEEK 
SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3626 10592 3622 10588 3613 10586 3601 10587
      3601 10603 3594 10604 3594 10624 3618 10625
      3632 10614

$$

DPORTER

000 
WWUS55 KABQ 042020
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
220 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

NMC039-042030-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0074.000000T0000Z-070604T2030Z/
RIO ARRIBA-
220 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA
COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3626 10592 3622 10588 3613 10586 3601 10587
      3601 10603 3594 10604 3594 10624 3618 10625
      3632 10614

$$

DPORTER

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 4, 3:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 28 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 AM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

.DISCUSSION...
ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE TODAY EAST OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AS SHORT WAVES IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT
CROSS OVER A STALLED BACK DOOR COOL FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BECOME SCATTERED AT TIMES THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ALONG AND
EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...WITH ISOLATED LATE DAY
ACTIVITY POSSIBLE IN THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND THE WESTERN
MOUNTAINS EAST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

WESTERLY FLOW WILL STRENGTHEN AT ALL LEVELS TUESDAY...INCREASING
TEMPERATURES AND SCOURING OUT MUCH OF THE MOISTURE THAT PROVIDED
FUEL FOR THIS PAST WEEKEND/S THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
MAY DEVELOP TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING EAST OF THE NORTHERN AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...BUT THE CHANCE FOR THEM TO TURN SEVERE
WILL DECREASE SIGNIFICANTLY OVER THE PAST FEW DAYS.

WEDNESDAY...THE POLAR JET STREAM WILL MOVE OVER NEW MEXICO AS AN
UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM CROSSES THE CENTRAL ROCKIES NORTH
OF OUR STATE. WINDY...DRY AND HOT WEATHER WILL RESULT. LATEST
MODELS SUGGEST WIND GUSTS REACHING 55 MPH WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON ALONG
AND EAST OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND SANDIA MOUNTAINS. LATER
SHIFTS WILL PROBABLY ISSUE A WIND ADVISORY...AND A HIGH WIND
WARNING IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. BY THURSDAY...THE CORE OF THE
POLAR JET STREAM WILL ADVECT EAST OF THE FORECAST AREA...BUT
BREEZY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO LINGER. TEMPERATURES SHOULD ALSO
FALL A FEW DEGREES AS COOLER AIR ALOFT MOVES OVER THE STATE.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  90  54  92  58 /  10   5   5   0
GALLUP..........................  85  48  88  53 /   5   5   0   0
GRANTS..........................  84  48  88  52 /  10  10   0   0
GLENWOOD........................  91  50  94  56 /   5   5   0   0
CHAMA...........................  75  39  80  42 /  20  20   5   0
LOS ALAMOS......................  78  49  85  47 /  20  20   5   5
RED RIVER.......................  68  36  76  41 /  40  20  10   5
TAOS............................  77  43  87  49 /  20  20   5   5
SANTA FE........................  80  49  87  51 /  20  20   5   5
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  82  51  89  53 /  20  20   5   5
ESPANOLA........................  85  50  92  53 /  20  20   5   5
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  86  62  92  63 /  10  10   5   0
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  87  56  94  57 /  10  10   5   0
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  83  58  90  58 /  20  10   5   0
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  85  60  92  61 /  20  10   5   0
SOCORRO.........................  88  57  93  62 /  10  10   5   0
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  79  50  85  54 /  20  20   5   0
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  81  45  87  49 /  20  20   5   5
CARRIZOZO.......................  88  57  93  65 /  10  10   5   0
RUIDOSO.........................  77  51  85  57 /  20  20  10   0
RATON...........................  76  46  87  53 /  40  20  10   5
LAS VEGAS.......................  75  46  86  55 /  30  20  10   5
ROY.............................  73  52  81  57 /  40  30  10   5
CLAYTON.........................  76  55  90  60 /  30  30  10  10
SANTA ROSA......................  84  53  91  58 /  30  20  10   5
TUCUMCARI.......................  84  59  95  65 /  40  40  10   5
FORT SUMNER.....................  85  60  94  64 /  30  30  10   5
CLOVIS..........................  82  58  94  63 /  40  40  10  10
PORTALES........................  84  59  94  65 /  40  40  10  10
ROSWELL.........................  88  62  97  64 /  20  20  10   5

&&

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

&&

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:39 AM MDT, 7 hours 49 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
539 AM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

NMZ001>021-026-051200-
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-
539 AM MDT MON JUN 4 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 MOST OF THE
EASTERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS...BUT ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WINDY CONDITIONS WILL DEVELOP AREAWIDE ON WEDNESDAY WITH SOUTHWEST
WINDS AT SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH AND GUSTS TO 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS
MAY REACH 55 MPH ALONG AND EAST OF THE SANDIA AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS.

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 AND EVENING FOR
COLFAX...MORA...SAN
MIGUEL...UNION...HARDING...QUAY...GUADALUPE...TORRANCE...LINCOLN...DE
BACA...CURRY...ROOSEVELT AND CHAVES COUNTIES.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 11:30 AM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1130 AM MDT MON JUN 04 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0300 PM     HAIL             8 N WATROUS             35.91N 104.98W
06/03/2007  E1.50 INCH       MORA               NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL RANGED FROM 0.88 INCHES TO 1.50 INCHES AND LASTED
            APPROXIMATELY 8 TO 10 MINUTES. DAMAGED WINDOWS...TREES
            AND VEGETATION. IN ADDITION...SPOTTED A FUNNEL CLOUD AND
            EXPERIENCED STRONG WINDS.

&&

DELAYED REPORT.

DPORTER

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1222 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

NMZ002-004-041845-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
1222 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER EASTERN RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN
   TAOS COUNTY...

AT 1217 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 5 MILES NORTH OF PETACA.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LA MADERA...LAS
PLACITAS...LAS TABLAS...TRES PIEDRAS AND VALLECITOS.

THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

DPORTER

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:00 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
100 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

NMZ002>004-041945-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER
RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
100 PM MDT MON JUN 4 2007

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER EASTERN RIO ARRIBA AND WESTERN
   TAOS COUNTIES...

AT 1256 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR OJO CALIENTE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTH AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CHILI...EMBUDO...LA
MADERA...LA VILLITA...LYDEN AND VELARDE.

THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

DPORTER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	66 min
Jun 3, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	62 min
Jun 4, 1:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	53 min
Jun 4, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	54 min
Jun 4, 2:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	61 min
Jun 4, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	59 min
Jun 4, 3:34 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 1 more	23 hr
Jun 4, 4:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	59 min
Jun 4, 4:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	54 min
Jun 4, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	60 min
Jun 4, 5:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2007 Every 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.