Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2008, 1:39 PM MDT for Colfax County, Harding County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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 14, 2008, 1:39 PM MDT (19:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2008, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:41 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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 14, 3:27 AM MDT, 10 hours 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 3:27 AM MDT, 10 hours 12 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 14, 6:00 AM MDT, 7 hours 39 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT THU AUG 14 2008 NMZ001>021-026-151200- 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 THU AUG 14 2008 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 BETWEEN NOON AND 10 PM EAST OF A LINE FROM RATON TO CLOVIS WHERE HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS AND WINDS NEAR 60 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. HEAVY RAIN MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THE THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR AREAS GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND HEAVY RAIN...WHICH MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...ARE POSSIBLE. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. WIDESPREAD SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND FRIDAY DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITHIN THE SLIGHT RISK AREAS. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER OR FLOODING TO THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637. 34
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:21 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 121 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2008 NMZ026-141945- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 121 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY ... AT 118 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER CROSSING THE CENTRAL PORTION OF SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AND SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE MORE THAN 1 INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY AND DUNKEN. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES. 44
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 1:30 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 130 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2008 NMZ005>007-142000- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-HARDING COUNTY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 130 PM MDT THU AUG 14 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING FROM SOUTHEAST COLFAX COUNTY INTO SOUTHEWEST UNION COUNTY... AT 130 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 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARLEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GLADSTONE. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES. 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. 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay | 60 min |
| Aug 13, 8:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 84 min |
| Aug 14, 2:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 113 min |
| Aug 14, 2:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 57 min |
| Aug 14, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 61 min |
| Aug 14, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 56 min |
| Aug 14, 3:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 63 min |
| Aug 14, 5:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 59 min |
| Aug 14, 5:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt | 61 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.