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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 18, 2009Chaves County, Lincoln County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 2009, 8:42 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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 18, 2009, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2009, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 129 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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 18, 1:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 288 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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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 18, 8:18 PM MDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 18, 8:18 PM MDT, 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 11:43 AM MDT, 8 hours 59 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1143 AM MDT SAT JUL 18 2009

NMZ001>021-026-191200-
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-
1143 AM MDT SAT JUL 18 2009

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING NEAR AND EAST OF A LINE FROM EAGLE NEST TO ROSWELL.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 FROM RATON SOUTH TO WATROUS AND
INTERSTATE 40 FROM GLEN RIO WEST TO SANTA ROSA. THE MAIN THREAT
WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. SOME OF
THE STORMS MAY CONTAIN HEAVY DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD PRODUCE A
LOCALIZED FLASH FLOOD THREAT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE EAST OF
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS
SUNDAY AND MONDAY. THE MAIN THREAT WITH THESE STORMS WILL BE
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MONDAY POSES A BETTER CHANCE FOR
STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS...ESPECIALLY TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF
THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING
AND AGAIN SUNDAY AND MONDAY ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE EASTERN PLAINS
AND HIGHLANDS OF NEW MEXICO.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:08 PM MDT, 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:30 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 18, 8:32 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 8:35 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 8:39 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 18, 8:40 PM MDT, 2 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 18, 6:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	114 min
Jul 18, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	61 min
Jul 18, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	41 min
Jul 18, 6:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	53 min
Jul 18, 6:57 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	48 min
Jul 18, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt	62 min
Jul 18, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Roosevelt	38 min
Jul 18, 7:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Roosevelt	110 min
Jul 18, 7:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	58 min
Jul 18, 7:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	46 min
Jul 18, 8:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	84 min
Jul 18, 8:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	92 min
Jul 18, 9:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln, Roosevelt	115 min
Jul 18, 9:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	110 min
Jul 19, 1:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	2 hr
Jul 19, 3:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	38 min
Jul 19, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	57 min
Jul 19, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	60 min
Jul 19, 4:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	57 min
Jul 19, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	54 min
Jul 19, 5:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	55 min
Jul 19, 5:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	55 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.