Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2009
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2009, 2:33 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 57 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 5, 2009, 2:33 PM MDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2009, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Colfax County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:34 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 1:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1389 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 133 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 202 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 5, 1:53 PM MDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 1:53 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 33 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 NMZ001>021-026-061200- NORTHWEST PLATEAU-NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING JEMEZ- UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA- SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY- CONCHAS LAKE/GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY- SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS/UPPER GILA REGION-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-DE BACA COUNTY- CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY- GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY- 600 AM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAINLY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SLOW MOVING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING OVER NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY OVER NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER...WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. ELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ON MONDAY MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING. REMEMBER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR COLFAX...UNION...MORA...HARDING AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE...OR BY CALLING 1-888-386-7637.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 136 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 NMZ008-052000- WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 136 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY... AT 134 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 15 MILES WEST OF ACOMA PUEBLO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE RURAL CENTRAL CIBOLA COUNTY. 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. DPORTER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:46 PM MDT, 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 146 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 NMZ004-052015- SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 146 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER TAOS COUNTY... AT 146 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 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF QUESTA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ARROYO SECO...LAMA...SAN CRISTOBAL AND VALDEZ. 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. DPORTER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:17 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 217 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 NMZ004-005-011-052100- CENTRAL HIGH PLAINS/ESTANCIA VALLEY-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS- 217 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...LINE OF STRONG STORMS ALONG THE EASTERN SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS... AT 215 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF RATON TO 11 MILES NORTHEAST OF OCATE TO EL PORVENIR. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE BUENA VISTA... CIMARRON...GALLINAS...GOLONDRINAS...LA CUEVA AND LUCEROS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS 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 800 PM MDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. DPORTER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:19 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 219 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 NMZ016-017-052100- CAPITAN/NORTHERN SACRAMENTO MOUNTAINS-LINCOLN COUNTY HIGH PLAINS/HONDO VALLEY- 219 PM MDT SUN JUL 5 2009 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY... AT 218 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 NEAR WHITE OAKS. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 5 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE CAPITAN AND ENCINOSO. 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. DPORTER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 9:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 85 min |
| Jul 4, 10:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 79 min |
| Jul 4, 11:19 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves | 116 min |
| Jul 5, 12:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos | 84 min |
| Jul 5, 2:40 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 95 min |
| Jul 5, 3:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 3:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Valencia | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 4:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance | 119 min |
| Jul 5, 4:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 5:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Jul 5, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 55 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.