Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2008
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2008, 3:04 PM MDT for Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 20, 2008, 3:04 PM MDT (21:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2008, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 20, 3:20 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | Buena Vista, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 160 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
- 525 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -177 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1308 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS55 KABQ 202104 SVRABQ NMC033-047-202200- /O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0252.080820T2104Z-080820T2200Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 304 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 400 PM MDT * AT 303 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN LA CUEVA AND MORA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 6 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LA CUEVA AROUND 315 PM MDT... 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF TIERRA MONTE AROUND 320 PM MDT... 8 MILES NORTH OF SAPELLO AROUND 400 PM MDT... HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS...DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. LAT...LON 3589 10494 3568 10535 3593 10536 3603 10524 TIME...MOT...LOC 2104Z 320DEG 5KT 3594 10527 $$ 50
2 follow-up statements
000 WWUS55 KABQ 202129 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 329 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008 NMC033-047-202200- /O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080820T2200Z/ SAN MIGUEL-MORA- 328 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORA AND NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 400 PM MDT... AT 326 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE EAST OF BUENA VISTA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 8 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GOLONDRINAS AROUND 340 PM MDT... 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANUELITAS AROUND 350 PM MDT... 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF SAPELLO AROUND 400 PM MDT... HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZED HAS BEEN REPORTED IN BUENA VISTA WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. LAT...LON 3589 10494 3568 10535 3589 10535 3600 10518 TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 320DEG 7KT 3589 10522 $$ 50
000 WWUS55 KABQ 202151 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 351 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008 NMC033-047-202201- /O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-080820T2200Z/ SAN MIGUEL-MORA- 351 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM MDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL MORA AND NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS... SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. LAT...LON 3589 10494 3568 10535 3589 10535 3600 10518 TIME...MOT...LOC 2151Z 320DEG 7KT 3581 10514 $$ 50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe, Torrance | 56 min |
| Aug 20, 2:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 4:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 116 min |
| Aug 20, 5:00 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 5:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro | 114 min |
| Aug 20, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.