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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 12, 2009Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 2009, 2:14 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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: Aug 12, 2009, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired: Aug 12, 2009, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 46 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 12, 3:10 AM MDT, 11 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 12, 3:10 AM MDT, 11 hours 4 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 12, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 14 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 12, 1:31 PM MDT, 43 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
Aug 11, 7:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	110 min
Aug 11, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	62 min
Aug 11, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	59 min
Aug 11, 7:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	28 min
Aug 11, 7:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln	117 min
Aug 11, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	38 min
Aug 11, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	46 min
Aug 11, 8:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	2 hr
Aug 11, 8:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	61 min
Aug 11, 9:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	60 min
Aug 11, 9:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	29 min
Aug 11, 9:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	63 min
Aug 11, 10:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	3 hr
Aug 11, 10:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	50 min
Aug 11, 10:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 11, 10:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	31 min
Aug 11, 10:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	112 min
Aug 12, 12:49 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	116 min
Aug 12, 2:33 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay	117 min
Aug 12, 2:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	111 min
Aug 12, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.