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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 17, 2010Harding County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2010, 10:31 PM MDT for Harding County, Union 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 17, 2010, 10:31 PM MDT (04:31 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2010, 11:15 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:32 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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: 568 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.7

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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 17, 10:12 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 10:12 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 17, 5:30 AM MDT, 17 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT MON MAY 17 2010

NMZ501>540-181130-
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-
530 AM MDT MON MAY 17 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 PRODUCING HAIL AND
BRIEF TORNADOES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING ACROSS ALL
THE COUNTIES OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER...AS
THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND WIND PROFILES ARE FAVORABLE FOR
STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS THIS AREA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND
BRIEF TORNADOES LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING FROM
EXTREME NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TO EXTREME EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
ALONG THE TEXAS BORDER...AS THERMODYNAMIC CONDITIONS AND WIND
PROFILES CONTINUE TO BE FAVORABLE FOR STRONG CONVECTION ACROSS
THIS AREA.

IN ADDITION THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS FROM THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS EAST AND NORTHEASTWARD TO
THE EAST CENTRAL PLAINS FROM LATE TUESDAY MORNING THROUGH EARLY
TUESDAY EVENING.

ALSO THE POTENTIAL FOR CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS RETURNS
LATE FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AS SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASE AND
HUMIDITIES DECREASE ACROSS MUCH OF THE REGION.

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 TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND BRIEF
TORNADOES IN THE COUNTIES OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO ALONG THE TEXAS
BORDER.

01 BENNETT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 7:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 8:19 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 8:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 9:19 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 17, 9:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 17, 9:56 PM MDT, 35 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 17, 6:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	58 min
May 17, 6:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	30 min
May 17, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	27 min
May 17, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	36 min
May 17, 7:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	32 min
May 17, 7:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	57 min
May 17, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	53 min
May 17, 7:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	35 min
May 17, 8:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	116 min
May 17, 8:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	54 min
May 17, 8:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	62 min
May 17, 8:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	30 min
May 17, 8:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding	27 min
May 17, 8:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	29 min
May 17, 9:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding	39 min
May 17, 9:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	2 hr
May 17, 9:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 min
May 17, 9:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	26 min
May 17, 9:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
May 17, 10:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	29 min
May 18, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
May 18, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	36 min
May 18, 5:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	67 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.