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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 15, 2008Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2008, 1:35 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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 15, 2008, 1:35 PM MDT (19:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2008, 2:15 PM MDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:36 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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 248 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 2008-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 777 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 2008-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
777 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1047 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 15, 3:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 6:01 AM MDT, 7 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
601 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

NMZ001>021-026-161215-
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-
601 AM MDT TUE JUL 15 2008

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...LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS EVENING OVER
MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD
RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL OVER MUCH OF NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WILL CONTINUE THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY.
HEAVY DOWNPOURS COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TO
REPORT HEAVY RAINFALL OR FLOODING.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 6:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSanta Fe119 min
Jul 14, 6:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt116 min
Jul 14, 6:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Torrance2 hr
Jul 14, 6:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba2 hr
Jul 14, 8:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba84 min
Jul 14, 8:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Curry, Quay, Roosevelt2 hr
Jul 14, 8:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, San Juan2 hr
Jul 15, 11:53 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Jul 15, 2:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Lincoln114 min
Jul 15, 3:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln119 min
Jul 15, 3:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union2 hr
Jul 15, 3:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry39 min
Jul 15, 3:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt30 min
Jul 15, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay20 min
Jul 15, 4:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt3 hr
Jul 15, 4:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola113 min
Jul 15, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union53 min
Jul 15, 4:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt3 hr
Jul 15, 5:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax113 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2008Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.