Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 2007
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 69
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Mar 23, 2007, 1:20 PM MDT for 16 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 8 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 2007, 1:20 PM MDT (19:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 2007, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 8 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
- Largest hail expected
- 2 in
- Strongest gust expected
- 60 kt
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Doña Ana County, NM, Grant County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Hidalgo County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Luna County, NM, Otero County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Sierra County, NM, Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What SPC expected
The probabilities SPC published with the watch, for the watch area over its life.
- Two or more tornadoes
- 5%
- One or more EF2 to EF5 tornadoes
- 5%
- Ten or more severe wind reports
- 30%
- One or more gusts of 65 knots or more
- 30%
- Ten or more severe hail reports
- 60%
- One or more hailstones of 2 inches or more
- 20%
- Six or more combined severe hail and wind reports
- 80%
Warnings issued inside it
4 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 64 min |
| Mar 23, 3:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 63 min |
| Mar 23, 3:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 57 min |
| Mar 23, 6:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 57 min |
Discussions around it
SPC mesoscale discussions over the same counties from four hours before the watch to its end.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 22, 8:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Eddy, Lea | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 3:11 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, De Baca, Eddy, Roosevelt | 94 min |
| Mar 23, 10:15 AM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Colfax, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 2 more | 90 min |
| Mar 23, 12:20 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Eddy, Lea, Roosevelt | 115 min |
| Mar 23, 12:43 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Lincoln, Luna, Otero and 2 more | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 2:19 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Curry, Eddy, Lea, Quay, Roosevelt | 8 hr |
| Mar 23, 2:58 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Harding, Union | 62 min |
| Mar 23, 4:30 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Doña Ana, Grant, Hidalgo, Luna, Sierra, Socorro and 2 more | 60 min |
| Mar 23, 5:34 PM MDT | Mesoscale Discussion | SPC | Curry, Lea, Roosevelt | 116 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.