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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2009, 8:01 PM MDT for Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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
- Apr 28, 2009, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 28, 2009, 8:29 PM MDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 3:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 28, 6:05 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 736 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009 NMZ016-017-019-290200- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 736 PM MDT TUE APR 28 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 735 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 7 MILES EAST OF ARABELA. MOVEMENT WAS NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE STATE HIGHWAY 246...RURAL EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY AND RURAL CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE AREA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO. SHOEMAKE
Local storm report, Apr 28, 7:59 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 28, 6:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 51 min |
| Apr 28, 6:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 24 min |
| Apr 28, 6:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 116 min |
| Apr 28, 6:46 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 29 min |
| Apr 28, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 59 min |
| Apr 28, 7:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 43 min |
| Apr 28, 7:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 8:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 57 min |
| Apr 28, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 56 min |
| Apr 28, 9:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 62 min |
| Apr 28, 10:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 65 min |
| Apr 28, 10:59 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 46 min |
| Apr 28, 11:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 60 min |
| Apr 29, 12:33 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 44 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.