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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2010Colfax County, Taos County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2010, 6:02 PM MDT for Colfax County, Taos County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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: Jun 12, 2010, 6:02 PM MDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2010, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Colfax County, NM, Taos County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 221 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 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
Jun 12, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4855 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 12, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:56 AM MDT, 12 hours 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
556 AM MDT SAT JUN 12 2010

NMZ501>540-131200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
556 AM MDT SAT JUN 12 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM TO 9 PM FOR CENTRAL AND
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG
WINDS AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS WILL CREATE EXTREMELY CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

IN ADDITION...SCATTERED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE STATE
AS WELL AS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND AREAS SOUTH ALONG THE TEXAS
STATE LINE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
WEATHER WILL BE GREATEST ALONG AND JUST NORTH OF A COLD FRONT THAT
WILL GRADUALLY SAG SOUTHWARD ACROSS NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

LOOKING FURTHER AHEAD...THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHEAST AND FAR EASTERN NEW MEXICO SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING....AND ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST PLAINS MONDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.  PRIMARY THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS. THEREAFTER...THE PROBABILITY OF WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

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
PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...GENERALLY NORTH
OF A TUCUMCARI TO RATON LINE...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY LARGE
HAIL AND POSSIBLY A TORNADO.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 4:34 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 18 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 12, 5:10 PM MDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:36 PM MDT, 26 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
Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	47 min
Jun 12, 6:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Taos	114 min
Jun 12, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	48 min
Jun 12, 6:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	34 min
Jun 12, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	45 min
Jun 12, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	52 min
Jun 12, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	43 min
Jun 12, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	51 min
Jun 12, 7:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	49 min
Jun 12, 7:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	41 min
Jun 12, 8:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	45 min
Jun 12, 8:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	59 min
Jun 12, 8:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	21 min
Jun 12, 9:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	24 min
Jun 12, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	48 min
Jun 12, 9:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	113 min
Jun 12, 9:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	29 min
Jun 12, 9:50 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry	115 min
Jun 12, 9:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	31 min
Jun 12, 10:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	36 min
Jun 12, 10:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	27 min
Jun 12, 11:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	33 min
Jun 12, 11:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	26 min
Jun 12, 11:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	26 min
Jun 13, 12:27 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	63 min
Jun 13, 12:41 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	94 min
Jun 13, 2:02 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	88 min
Jun 13, 3:36 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ		17 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2010 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

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.