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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 10, 2009Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Sep 10, 2009, 5:12 PM MST for Cibola County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 10, 2009, 5:12 PM MST (00:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2009, 5:45 PM MST
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Cibola County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 101 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2009-09-11Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2009-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2475 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WWUS85 KABQ 110012
SPSABQ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 PM MDT THU SEP 10 2009

NMZ506-507-110045-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
612 PM MDT THU SEP 10 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER NORTHERN CIBOLA COUNTY NEAR 
GRANTS...

AT 610 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 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRANTS.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRANTS...ACOMITA 
LAKE...MCCARTYS...MILAN...SAN FIDEL AND SAN RAFAEL.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3526 10748 3497 10767 3514 10802 3538 10784
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 302DEG 3KT 3523 10776

$$

SHY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 5:41 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Sep 10, 6:45 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola2 hr
Sep 10, 10:15 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola2 hr
Sep 11, 10:30 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro2 hr
Sep 11, 11:34 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron116 min
Sep 11, 11:57 AM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro93 min
Sep 11, 2:57 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt63 min
Sep 11, 4:08 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo22 min
Sep 11, 4:21 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo24 min
Sep 11, 4:25 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves35 min
Sep 11, 4:28 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt32 min
Sep 11, 4:53 PM MSTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Valencia112 min
Sep 11, 4:57 PM MSTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo, Valencia33 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.