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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 92, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 15, 2009Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2009, 2:32 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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 15, 2009, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 2009, 3:16 PM MDT
In force
44 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 archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 383 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-07-15Temperature 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, Denver, CO at 12:00Z on 2009-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1505 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
210 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 15, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 3:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 32 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 5:58 AM MDT, 8 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
558 AM MDT WED JUL 15 2009

NMZ001>021-026-161200-
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-
558 AM MDT WED JUL 15 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
EASTWARD ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS...MAINLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF I-40 TO THE COLORADO BORDER. LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

MONDAY AND TUESDAY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
TO DEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA BORDERS.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED IN
COLFAX...GUADALUPE...HARDING...MORA...QUAY AND UNION COUNTIES DUE
TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOONS AND EVENINGS...SPOTTER ACTIVATION
MAY BE REQUIRED CHAVES...COLFAX...CURRY...GUADALUPE...HARDING...
LINCOLN...MORA...QUAY...ROOSEVELT...SAN MIGUEL...TORRANCE AND
UNION COUNTIES DUE TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 2:12 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRoosevelt55 min
Jul 15, 2:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln114 min
Jul 15, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union60 min
Jul 15, 3:23 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance112 min
Jul 15, 4:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Roosevelt113 min
Jul 15, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union44 min
Jul 15, 4:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union116 min
Jul 15, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Union60 min
Jul 15, 5:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel111 min
Jul 15, 5:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union61 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.