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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 6, 2009Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2009, 3:25 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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 6, 2009, 3:25 PM MDT (21:25 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2009, 4:30 PM MDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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 6, 1:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 280 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1590 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 130 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Jul 6, 2:30 PM MDT, 55 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 2:30 PM MDT, 55 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 1:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

NMZ001>021-026-071200-
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-
230 PM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR THE UPPER AND
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY ON EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER THROUGH 700 PM
MDT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG WITH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO. IN ADDITION...HEAVY RAINFALL FROM SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLOODING OVER CENTRAL
AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
HOWEVER...ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY
AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...WHERE WIND GUSTS TO AROUND 50
MPH AND HAIL UP TO ONE HALF INCH IN DIAMETER ARE POSSIBLE.

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...SAN MIGUEL...GUADALUPE...QUAY...DE
BACA...ROOSEVELT...CURRY...CHAVES AND LINCOLN COUNTIES DUE TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.  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 6, 3:03 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:04 PM MDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:10 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:10 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:12 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
312 PM MDT MON JUL 06 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0311 PM     HAIL             COLONIAS                35.11N 104.85W
07/06/2009  M1.75 INCH       GUADALUPE          NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EBREON

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:13 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
313 PM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

NMZ019-026-062200-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-GUADALUPE MOUNTAINS OF CHAVES COUNTY-
313 PM MDT MON JUL 6 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY...

AT 310 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 8 MILES EAST OF ELK. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE DUNKEN.

THIS STORM IS MOVING VERY SLOWLY AND PRODUCING HEAVY RAINFALL. THE
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.

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.

SHOEMAKE

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, 7:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	59 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, 3:28 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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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.