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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2009, 2:51 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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 26, 2009, 2:51 PM MDT (20:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 26, 2009, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County San Miguel County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2169 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 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 Jul 26, 10:54 AM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 10:54 AM MDT, 3 hours 57 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 11:06 AM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1106 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NMZ501>540-271200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS- NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS- WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER- SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY- CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY- SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY- HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY- 1106 AM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO BETWEEN 2 PM AND MIDNIGHT. HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING STORMS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS TO THE TEXAS BORDER. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND EASTERN PLAINS DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS FROM MONDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE...OR BY CALLING 1-888-386-7637. 34
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 136 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NMZ511-517-518-262015- JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA- 136 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING TOWARDS THE LOS ALAMOS AND BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT... AT 134 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 45 MPH AND PEA SIZED TO SLIGHTLY LARGER HAIL 1 MILE WEST/NORTHWEST OF LOS ALAMOS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE FRIJOLES...BANDELIER NATIONAL MONUMENT...LOS ALAMOS AND THE CALDERRA NATIONAL PRESERVE. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 50
Special weather statement, Jul 26, 2:12 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 212 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 NMZ515-528-529-262100- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 212 PM MDT SUN JUL 26 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM AFFECTING THE INTERSTATE 25 AREA BETWEEN WAGON MOUND AND WATROUS... AT 210 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 NEAR VALMORA OR 2 MILES NORTH/NORTHEAST OF WATROUS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST/SOUTH AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SHOEMAKER AND WATROUS. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. FREQUENT LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. 50
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 25, 6:11 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln | 94 min |
| Jul 25, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 61 min |
| Jul 25, 7:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Union | 92 min |
| Jul 25, 7:49 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 86 min |
| Jul 26, 10:43 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | 13 hr | |
| Jul 26, 1:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 111 min |
| Jul 26, 2:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 114 min |
| Jul 26, 2:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 118 min |
| Jul 26, 3:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 67 min |
| Jul 26, 3:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 112 min |
| Jul 26, 3:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 112 min |
| Jul 26, 4:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 4:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Union | 114 min |
| Jul 26, 5:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Jul 26, 5:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 116 min |
| Jul 26, 5:51 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 114 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.