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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 265, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 8, 2008San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 8, 2008, 1:42 PM MDT for San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 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
Sep 8, 2008, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Sep 8, 2008, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:43 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 Sep 8, 3:03 AM MDT, 10 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 8, 3:03 AM MDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 8, 6:00 AM MDT, 7 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT MON SEP 8 2008

NMZ001>021-026-091200-
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 MON SEP 8 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. AN
ISOLATED STRONG OR SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND STRONG
WIND GUSTS THE MAIN THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN
CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND
WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT SEVERE
WEATHER.

34

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 8, 1:21 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
121 PM MDT MON SEP 8 2008

NMZ004-005-011-081945-
CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
121 PM MDT MON SEP 8 2008

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...

AT 118 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 8 MILES EAST OF TERERRO.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 7 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE EL PORVENIR...GALLINAS...
MANUELITAS...ROCIADA...SAPELLO AND TIERRA MONTE.

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

SHOEMAKE

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 7, 6:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Quay110 min
Sep 7, 6:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe90 min
Sep 7, 6:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel, Union56 min
Sep 7, 6:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, De Baca2 hr
Sep 7, 7:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, San Miguel110 min
Sep 8, 2:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel2 hr
Sep 8, 3:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia83 min
Sep 8, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe56 min
Sep 8, 4:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro2 hr
Sep 8, 4:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe82 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.