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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 18, 2009Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2009, 2:14 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2009, 2:14 PM MDT (20:14 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 2009, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 198 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 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
Aug 18, 12:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 263 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2009-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2009-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4155 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 182014
SVRABQ
NMC007-182115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0252.090818T2014Z-090818T2115Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
214 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 315 PM MDT

* AT 212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 14
  MILES WEST OF MAXWELL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF SPRINGER...
  AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 TO 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  RURAL CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY AROUND 230 PM MDT...
  INTERSTATE 25 FROM MAXWELL TO RATON AROUND 300 PM...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE
SHELTER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3696 10440 3680 10412 3646 10424 3646 10473
      3655 10483 3669 10482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 247DEG 9KT 3657 10479

$$


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1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS55 KABQ 182112
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
312 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

NMC007-182123-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-090818T2115Z/
COLFAX-
312 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2009

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 315 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL
COLFAX COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3696 10440 3680 10412 3646 10424 3646 10473
      3655 10483 3669 10482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 247DEG 9KT 3663 10462

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 6:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion29 min
Aug 17, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves50 min
Aug 17, 7:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln115 min
Aug 17, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca39 min
Aug 17, 8:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion55 min
Aug 17, 8:13 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion47 min
Aug 17, 10:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion36 min
Aug 18, 4:00 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay30 min
Aug 18, 12:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln64 min
Aug 18, 1:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves85 min
Aug 18, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora67 min
Aug 18, 1:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves62 min
Aug 18, 1:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance35 min
Aug 18, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe65 min
Aug 18, 1:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance62 min
Aug 18, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora63 min
Aug 18, 2:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance62 min
Aug 18, 2:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance2 hr
Aug 18, 2:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel, Union59 min
Aug 18, 2:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves88 min
Aug 18, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln, Torrance35 min
Aug 18, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ29 min
Aug 18, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel54 min
Aug 18, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel61 min
Aug 18, 3:23 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Mora52 min
Aug 18, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca66 min
Aug 18, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora, Union60 min
Aug 18, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ44 min
Aug 18, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel60 min
Aug 18, 4:08 PM MDTTornado WarningABQColfax, Harding, Union52 min
Aug 18, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Harding, San Miguel61 min
Aug 18, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt55 min
Aug 18, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union64 min
Aug 18, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Union61 min
Aug 18, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay62 min
Aug 18, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt56 min
Aug 18, 4:57 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Union32 min
Aug 18, 5:00 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding18 min
Aug 18, 5:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union60 min
Aug 18, 5:36 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay24 min
Aug 18, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Curry, Quay, Roosevelt61 min

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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.