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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 2, 2008Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 2, 2008, 12:33 AM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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: Jul 2, 2008, 12:33 AM MDT (06:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 2, 2008, 1:03 AM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

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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 Jul 1, 9:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 9:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 1, 6:00 AM MDT, 18 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008

NMZ001>021-026-021200-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
600 AM MDT TUE JUL 1 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS
AFTERNOON. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL
HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED
FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...
ISOLATED TO SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE IN THE
FORECAST THE REST OF THE WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND. THE
STRONGEST STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND
HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ASKED TO CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:38 PM MDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:31 PM MDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 1, 10:24 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 2, 12:04 AM MDT, 29 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 1, 6:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	90 min
Jul 1, 10:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	66 min
Jul 1, 11:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 2, 2:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	91 min
Jul 2, 3:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe	86 min
Jul 2, 4:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	94 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2008 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2008

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.