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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 188, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 30, 2009Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2009, 7:10 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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 30, 2009, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2009, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:12 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 30, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 248 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2009-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 190 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2009-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
190 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-61 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2941 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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 30, 7:05 PM MDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 7:05 PM MDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 5:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 30, 3:19 PM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
319 PM MDT THU JUL 30 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0316 PM     HAIL             BANDELIER NATIONAL MONU 35.78N 106.27W
07/30/2009  M0.88 INCH       SANDOVAL           NM   PARK/FOREST SRVC

&&

ABA
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
429 PM MDT THU JUL 30 2009

NMZ524>526-539-302300-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
429 PM MDT THU JUL 30 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY...

AT 428 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 55 MPH AND
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER NEAR ANCHO. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT
15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANCHO AND JICARILLA.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.

THIS STORM WAS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO
TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
THURSDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

SHOEMAKE
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:01 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jul 30, 5:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln58 min
Jul 30, 6:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln64 min
Jul 30, 7:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln116 min
Jul 30, 8:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves30 min
Jul 30, 9:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves110 min
Jul 31, 2:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax60 min
Jul 31, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax26 min
Jul 31, 3:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax63 min
Jul 31, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Lincoln64 min
Jul 31, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe53 min
Jul 31, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln33 min
Jul 31, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora, Union64 min
Jul 31, 4:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Lincoln52 min
Jul 31, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay21 min
Jul 31, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora, Union62 min
Jul 31, 5:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Harding, Union113 min
Jul 31, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel61 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.