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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 112, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 17, 2009Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2009, 8:51 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 17, 2009, 8:51 PM MDT (02:51 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2009, 9:18 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 17, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 857 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -156 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1951 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 127 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 261 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.4

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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 Jul 17, 4:51 PM MDT, 4 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 4:51 PM MDT, 4 hours before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 6:00 AM MDT, 14 hours 51 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009

NMZ001>021-026-181200-
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-
600 AM MDT FRI JUL 17 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN THE
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AREAS
WITH THE GREATEST POTENTIAL SHOULD BE EAST OF A LINE FROM RATON TO
SANTA ROSA...FORT SUMNER AND MILNESAND. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE
STORMS WILL BE STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING...WIND GUSTS AND HAIL.
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS ARE ALSO
POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

ONCE MORE ISOLATED STRONG TO PERHAPS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS SATURDAY AND POSSIBLY AGAIN SUNDAY.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS POSSIBLE...MAINLY TODAY AND INTO THE
WEEKEND...ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 17, 7:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 7:53 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:04 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 17, 8:25 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 17, 6:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	53 min
Jul 17, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	55 min
Jul 17, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	63 min
Jul 18, 3:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	115 min
Jul 18, 4:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	90 min
Jul 18, 4:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	114 min
Jul 18, 4:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	95 min
Jul 18, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	51 min
Jul 18, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	55 min
Jul 18, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	53 min
Jul 18, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	23 min
Jul 18, 5:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	117 min
Jul 18, 5:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	113 min
Jul 18, 5:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Jul 18, 5:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	63 min
Jul 18, 5:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	59 min
Jul 18, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	67 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2009 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2009

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.