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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 29, 2009Curry County, De Baca County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 2009, 8:00 PM MDT for Curry County, De Baca County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 17 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 29, 2009, 8:00 PM MDT (02:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2009, 8:17 PM MDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 29, 12:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 300 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-07-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1022 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2009-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 59 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1022 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2144 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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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 29, 5:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 5:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:32 PM MDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
332 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009

NMZ501>540-301200-
ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-ESTANCIA VALLEY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-NORTHWEST PLATEAU-QUAY COUNTY-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-UNION COUNTY-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
332 PM MDT WED JUL 29 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
THE NORTHEAST QUADRANT OF THE STATE. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THESE
STORMS WILL BE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND ISOLATED TORNADOES.
IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS...
PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY OCCUR
IN AREAS WHICH ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS FROM THE
INTERSTATE 40 CORRIDOR SOUTHWARD. THE PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTERS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ARE
HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637.

DPORTER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 29, 6:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 6:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Roosevelt40 min
Jul 29, 7:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt2 hr
Jul 29, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt31 min
Jul 29, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt45 min
Jul 29, 7:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves67 min
Jul 29, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt53 min
Jul 29, 8:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt52 min
Jul 29, 9:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Roosevelt2 hr
Jul 30, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe59 min
Jul 30, 2:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia54 min
Jul 30, 2:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe54 min
Jul 30, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance62 min
Jul 30, 2:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel53 min
Jul 30, 2:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora64 min
Jul 30, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance56 min
Jul 30, 3:55 PM MDTTornado WarningABQMora, San Miguel50 min
Jul 30, 3:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel64 min
Jul 30, 4:21 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Torrance114 min
Jul 30, 4:30 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance45 min
Jul 30, 4:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance30 min
Jul 30, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe28 min
Jul 30, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2009Every 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.