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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 258, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2008, 7:59 PM MDT for Colfax County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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 29, 2008, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 29, 2008, 8:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colfax County, NM, Mora County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 214 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 29, 3:02 PM MDT, 4 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:02 PM MDT, 4 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 29, 5:52 AM MDT, 14 hours 7 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 552 AM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008 NMZ001>021-026-301200- 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- 552 AM MDT FRI AUG 29 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... A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE SOUTHWESTERN MOUNTAINS EASTWARD TO THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND INTO THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND NORTHEASTERN PLAINS. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO INCREASE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO ON SATURDAY AND BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD OVER THE STATE BY SUNDAY AND INTO MONDAY. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY LIKELY THROUGH THE LATTER PART OF THE HOLIDAY WEEKEND. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR ON THE ALBUQUERQUE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEBSITE. 52
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:07 PM MDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 345 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008 NMZ004-292245- SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 345 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER CENTRAL TAOS COUNTY... AT 344 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 QUESTA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 9 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARROYO HONDO...CERRO... LAMA AND SAN CRISTOBAL. 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.
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 527 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008 NMZ005-007-300030- FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 527 PM MDT FRI AUG 29 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER EAST CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY... AT 523 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 13 MILES NORTH OF ABBOTT. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 29, 6:20 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt | 115 min |
| Aug 29, 7:08 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 82 min |
| Aug 29, 7:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 114 min |
| Aug 29, 7:36 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 84 min |
| Aug 29, 7:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 115 min |
| Aug 29, 8:22 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 53 min |
| Aug 29, 8:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry | 90 min |
| Aug 29, 8:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, Taos | 114 min |
| Aug 29, 8:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 9:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 118 min |
| Aug 29, 10:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 29, 10:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 5:32 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 23 hr | |
| Aug 30, 3:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 117 min |
| Aug 30, 3:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Taos | 116 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.