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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 16, 2009Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2009, 4:07 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Rio Arriba County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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: May 16, 2009, 4:07 PM MDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2009, 4:41 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The radar

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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 May 16, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 16, 3:02 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 16, 3:16 PM MDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 16, 1:44 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
144 PM MDT SAT MAY 16 2009

NMZ002-004-162015-
NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
144 PM MDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER NORTHWEST TAOS COUNTY...

AT 142 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 55 MPH AND
HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER 14 MILES NORTH OF TRES PIEDRAS.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LAMA...TRES PIEDRAS AND
SUNSHINE VALLEY.

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Special weather statement, May 16, 1:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
151 PM MDT SAT MAY 16 2009

NMZ008-162015-
WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
151 PM MDT SAT MAY 16 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHWEST MCKINLEY AND NORTHWEST
CIBOLA COUNTIES...

AT 148 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 55 MPH 7
MILES SOUTH OF MCGAFFEY. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 10 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PESCADO...RAMAH AND UPPER
NUTRIA.

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Special weather statement, May 16, 3:18 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 16, 3:44 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 16, 3:56 PM MDT, 11 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
May 16, 6:19 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		9 hr
May 16, 2:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	54 min
May 16, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2009 Every 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.