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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 277, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2008, 2:44 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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 21, 2008, 2:44 PM MDT (20:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2008, 3:09 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 21, 10:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 10:50 AM MDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1150 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008 NMZ001>021-026-221200- 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- 1150 AM MDT SUN SEP 21 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...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS TO AROUND 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING OVER NORTHERN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY 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 IN ALBUQUERQUE TO REPORT STRONG WINDS...HAIL OR HEAVY RAIN.
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 6:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 110 min |
| Sep 20, 6:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 54 min |
| Sep 20, 7:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca | 111 min |
| Sep 20, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 62 min |
| Sep 21, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora | 61 min |
| Sep 21, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Union | 60 min |
| Sep 21, 3:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding | 113 min |
| Sep 21, 5:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe | 108 min |
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.