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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 254, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 20, 2008Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 20, 2008, 5:45 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 20, 2008, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: Aug 20, 2008, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County 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 Aug 20, 3:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 3:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 5:27 AM MDT, 12 hours 18 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 20, 3:37 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
337 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0320 PM     HAIL             BUENA VISTA             35.91N 105.25W
08/20/2008  E0.88 INCH       MORA               NM   POST OFFICE

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MAF

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:42 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 3:45 PM MDT, 2 hours before

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Local storm report, Aug 20, 4:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 4:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 5:32 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
532 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008

NMZ017-210000-
CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-
532 PM MDT WED AUG 20 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING SLOWLY OVER RUIDOSO AREA...

AT 528 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND
PENNY SIZED HAIL NEAR RUIDOSO DOWNS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 7 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HOLLYWOOD.

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

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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, 3:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	56 min
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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.