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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 5, 2009Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2009, 7:46 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 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, 7:46 PM MDT (01:46 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2009, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Quay County, NM

The radar

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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

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, 6:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 6:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 6:00 AM MDT, 13 hours 46 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

Local storm report, Jul 5, 6:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 6:48 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:10 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:28 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 5, 7:29 PM MDT, 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 7:37 PM MDT, 9 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
Jul 5, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	37 min
Jul 5, 6:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	115 min
Jul 5, 7:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	114 min
Jul 5, 7:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	114 min
Jul 5, 7:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	112 min
Jul 5, 7:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	118 min
Jul 5, 8:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	116 min
Jul 5, 8:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	112 min
Jul 5, 9:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay	118 min
Jul 5, 10:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	2 hr
Jul 5, 10:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	112 min
Jul 5, 11:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	111 min
Jul 6, 1:23 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	82 min
Jul 6, 12:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	117 min
Jul 6, 12:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	61 min
Jul 6, 1:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	88 min
Jul 6, 1:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	43 min
Jul 6, 1:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Taos	41 min
Jul 6, 1:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	63 min
Jul 6, 2:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	94 min
Jul 6, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	57 min
Jul 6, 2:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	94 min
Jul 6, 2:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	90 min
Jul 6, 2:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	60 min
Jul 6, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	66 min
Jul 6, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	31 min
Jul 6, 3:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	2 hr
Jul 6, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Taos	21 min
Jul 6, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	65 min
Jul 6, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	32 min
Jul 6, 3:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	87 min
Jul 6, 3:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	2 hr
Jul 6, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	59 min
Jul 6, 3:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	59 min
Jul 6, 4:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	87 min
Jul 6, 4:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Guadalupe, Lincoln	56 min
Jul 6, 4:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	2 hr
Jul 6, 4:59 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:50 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.