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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 34, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 14, 2010Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 2010, 3:47 PM MDT for Chaves 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: May 14, 2010, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired: May 14, 2010, 4:31 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:47 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
May 14, 11:45 AM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 264 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: 1514 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -42 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 482 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 267 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 325 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 8.7

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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 May 14, 2:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 14, 2:37 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 14, 5:52 AM MDT, 9 hours 55 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
552 AM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010

NMZ501>540-151200-
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-
552 AM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010

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 ACROSS
LINCOLN...TORRANCE...GUADALUPE...DE BACA...ROOSEVELT AND CHAVES
COUNTIES TODAY AND TONIGHT. PLEASE REVIEW THE LATEST SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MORE DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SATURDAY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN
LINCOLN...CHAVES...DE BACA...ROOSEVELT AND CURRY COUNTIES.

WEDNESDAY...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
THE EASTERN PLAINS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY...TONIGHT AND SATURDAY
ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PLAINS.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY ALSO BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY ACROSS THE
EASTERN PLAINS.

SPOTTERS SHOULD REPORT SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 14, 12:16 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1216 PM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010

NMZ533-141845-
GUADALUPE COUNTY-
1216 PM MDT FRI MAY 14 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY THROUGH
1245 PM MDT...

AT 1215 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SANTA ROSA...MOVING NORTH AT
45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...SANTA ROSA...SANTA ROSA LAKE
STATE PARK AND COLONIAS.

&&

LAT...LON 3519 10487 3512 10448 3474 10468 3478 10486
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 194DEG 37KT 3487 10476

KJ

Special weather statement, May 14, 2:23 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 3:34 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 14, 3:35 PM MDT, 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 3:36 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 14, 3:39 PM MDT, 8 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
May 14, 2:20 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		25 min
May 14, 2:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	30 min
May 14, 3:22 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	23 min
May 14, 3:43 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	62 min
May 14, 3:48 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	27 min
May 14, 4:51 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	114 min
May 14, 5:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	24 min
May 14, 6:07 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	23 min
May 14, 6:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	33 min
May 14, 6:52 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	113 min
May 14, 7:38 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	52 min
May 14, 8:08 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	49 min
May 14, 9:04 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	116 min
May 14, 9:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		46 min
May 14, 9:38 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	37 min
May 14, 9:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	45 min
May 14, 11:01 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	119 min
May 14, 11:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	86 min
May 14, 12:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	24 min
May 14, 12:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance	63 min
May 14, 12:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	29 min
May 14, 12:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	50 min
May 14, 1:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	19 min
May 14, 1:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	54 min
May 14, 1:34 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	36 min
May 14, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	23 min
May 14, 2:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	44 min
May 14, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	37 min
May 14, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	47 min
May 14, 2:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	33 min
May 14, 3:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	54 min
May 14, 3:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	51 min
May 14, 4:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	27 min
May 14, 5:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	38 min

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.