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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 21, 2008, 3:30 PM MDT for Colfax County, Harding County, Union 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
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 21, 2008, 3:30 PM MDT (21:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2008, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 396 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -249 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 51 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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, 3:00 PM MDT, 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 3:00 PM MDT, 30 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 1:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 147 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008 NMZ016-017-212015- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 147 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 146 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 SOUTHEAST OF ENCINOSO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 12 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARABELA. 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. 34
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 2:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 211 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008 NMZ005-212045- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 211 PM MDT SUN SEP 21 2008 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY... AT 207 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 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF COLONIAS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 12 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL 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. 34
Special weather statement, Sep 21, 2:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
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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, 2:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 25 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 |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.