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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 12, 2008Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2008, 2:32 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 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
Aug 12, 2008, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 2008, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 315 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-08-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 544 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2008-08-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
544 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1460 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
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 Aug 12, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 AM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

.DISCUSSION...NORTHWEST FLOW PATTERN TO PERSIST FOR THE NEXT FEW
DAYS. LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY APPARENTLY HAS PUSHED OUT TO PORTIONS OF
CONTDVD BASED ON RADAR IMAGERY...AND HAVE SEEN AT LEAST SMALL
INCREASES IN DEWPOINTS ON SOME OF THE AREA RAWS. ANOTHER BOUNDARY
SEEMS TO BE DRAPED ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS ORIENTED FROM WEST TO
EAST...LIKELY ASSOCIATED WITH EARLIER CONVECTION OR RELATED TO AREA
OF MID LEVEL CLOUDINESS CURRENTLY PASSING OVER NORTHEAST NEW
MEXICO. NEEDLESS TO SAY...MODELS DON/T REALLY PICK UP ON
THIS...EXCEPT COULD MAKE A CASE FOR THE RUC WHICH SUGGESTS SOMETHING
ACROSS THE NORTHEAST/EAST CENTRAL.  DESPITE THE CONSIDERABLE DRYING
NOTED IN THE KABQ SOUNDING YESTERDAY EVENING...SUSPECT THERE MAY BE
A BIT MORE ACTIVITY AROUND THIS AFTERNOON/EVENING THAN THE GUIDANCE
POPS WOULD SUGGEST. GENERAL CONSENSUS IS 850-500MB THETA-E AXIS WILL
REMAIN ORIENTED FROM SOUTHWEST TO THE NORTHEAST/EAST CENTRAL REGION
OF THE STATE...WITH SOME ADDITIONAL DRYING IN THE FAR NORTHWEST. THE
AXIS MAY SHIFT WITHIN THE NEXT 48 HOURS TO A MORE WEST TO EAST
ORIENTATION BUT WITH HIGHEST VALUES REMAINING MOSTLY SOUTH OF
INTERSTATE 40.

THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THE RIDGE OF
HIGH PRESSURE WILL SHARPEN AS IT TAKES ON A NORTH TO SOUTH PLACEMENT
FROM ARIZONA THROUGH WASHINGTON AND IDAHO WHILE AN UPPER LOW DROPS
SOUTHWARD ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE ROCKIES. MEANWHILE...A
SURFACE FRONT WILL AFFECT THE EASTERN PLAINS. LATEST ECMWF FORECASTS
A WET PERIOD FOR THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO THROUGH
SATURDAY...BUT WHAT MODELS DO WITH THE UPPER LOW DURING THE COMING
WEEKEND WILL LIKELY CHANGE WITH TIME.

&&

.AVIATION...SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL BE SLIGHTLY MORE ACTIVE TODAY
ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM KCAO TO KLVS...KSAF...KABQ...AND
KSRR. DRIER AIR WILL CREATE GUSTY OUTFLOW ALONG THE WESTERN EDGE OF
THIS AREA. MOST ACTIVITY WILL TAPER OFF BY MID/LATE EVENING. PERIODS
OF MVFR CONDITIONS WILL BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE STRONGER CELLS ACROSS
THE SOUTH AND EAST.

NEXT AVIATION DISCUSSION SCHEDULED FOR 21Z.

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...THE DRIER TREND HAS EASED IN OVER AT LEAST THE
WESTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO OVER THE PAST 2 DAYS. SHOWERS/STORMS WILL
BE A LITTLE MORE ACTIVE TODAY AND WEDNESDAY OVER THE CENTRAL
MTNS/GILA REGION ALTHOUGH THE WETTING RAIN WILL NOT BE AS
SIGNIFICANT. THE DEEP MOISTURE OVER THE PLAINS WILL CONTINUE
PRODUCING WETTING RAINS FROM ANY STORMS. MIN RH VALUES WILL RANGE
FROM THE TEENS IN THE NW PLATEAU TO THE MID 30S ALONG THE TEXAS
BORDER THROUGH FRIDAY...WITH GOOD TO EXCELLENT RECOVERIES
RESPECTIVELY. EXTENDED MODELS INTO THE WEEKEND CONTINUE TO INDICATE
AN UPPER LOW MOVING SOUTH ALONG THE FRONT RANGE..HOWEVER MODELS ARE
STILL STRUGGLING TO AGREE. OVERALL IMPACTS AT THIS TIME WOULD BE AN
INCREASE IN STORM ACTIVITY FROM THE CENTRAL MTNS EAST ACROSS THE
PLAINS INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

&&

.PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS...
FARMINGTON......................  95  59  93  60 /   5   5   5  10
GALLUP..........................  88  54  87  53 /  10  10  10  10
GRANTS..........................  89  55  88  54 /  10  10  10  10
GLENWOOD........................  89  60  89  64 /  20  30  20  40
CHAMA...........................  82  44  83  47 /  20  10  10  20
LOS ALAMOS......................  84  57  86  54 /  30  20  10  10
RED RIVER.......................  75  43  76  41 /  20  20  10  20
TAOS............................  85  51  84  50 /  10  20  10  10
SANTA FE........................  86  57  88  57 /  20  30  10  10
SANTA FE AIRPORT................  89  58  90  57 /  20  30  10  10
ESPANOLA........................  90  56  91  55 /  10  20  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS.............  91  66  92  67 /  20  30  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY..............  93  63  93  64 /  20  30  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS...........  89  62  89  63 /  20  30  10  10
ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA...........  93  64  93  65 /  10  30  10  10
SOCORRO.........................  92  60  91  63 /  10  30  20  20
SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST.........  85  59  85  53 /  20  30  10  10
MORIARTY/ESTANCIA...............  85  57  87  57 /  30  30  20  10
CARRIZOZO.......................  90  62  90  62 /  30  40  30  20
RUIDOSO.........................  84  57  82  55 /  30  50  30  30
RATON...........................  86  52  86  52 /  30  40  20  20
LAS VEGAS.......................  81  52  83  55 /  30  40  20  10
ROY.............................  86  57  86  61 /  30  40  20  20
CLAYTON.........................  86  60  90  64 /  30  30  20  20
SANTA ROSA......................  89  61  95  61 /  30  30  20  10
TUCUMCARI.......................  91  65  95  66 /  20  30  20  10
FORT SUMNER.....................  91  65  92  65 /  20  30  10  10
CLOVIS..........................  93  65  94  64 /  20  30  10  10
PORTALES........................  93  65  96  65 /  20  30  10  10
ROSWELL.........................  94  67  97  69 /  20  30  20  20

&&

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

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

NMZ001>021-026-131200-
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-
600 AM MDT TUE AUG 12 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...
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE MAINLY OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL
PLAINS LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS
MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING WHICH
COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...
ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND
SMALL HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAINS...WHICH COULD LEAD TO
LOCAL AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER CENTRAL AND EASTERN
NEW MEXICO...THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 12:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1222 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

NMZ004-005-011-121900-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
1222 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING BETWEEN TIERRA MONTE AND LAS VEGAS...

AT 1215 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 NEAR TIERRA MONTE. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EL PORVENIR...GALLINAS...
MANUELITAS...MONTEZUMA...OJITOS FRIOS...ROCIADA AND EVENTUALLY LAS
VEGAS.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.

FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.

50
Local storm report, Aug 12, 1:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 12, 1:38 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
138 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

NMZ011-122015-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-
138 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY...

AT 136 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 STANLEY. MOVEMENT WAS
SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA
FE COUNTY...INCLUDING THE TOWN OF STANLEY.

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, Aug 12, 2:21 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
221 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

NMZ016-017-122045-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH
PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY-
221 PM MDT TUE AUG 12 2008

...LINE OF STRONG STORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45
MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CORONA TO 5 MILES NORTH OF NOGAL. MOVEMENT
WAS SOUTH AT 9 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE ANCHO...CAPITAN...
JICARILLA AND WHITE OAKS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt25 min
Aug 12, 12:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel53 min
Aug 12, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel59 min
Aug 12, 3:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance80 min
Aug 12, 3:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion92 min
Aug 12, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe58 min
Aug 12, 4:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQUnion2 hr
Aug 12, 5:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe79 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.