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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 23, 2010Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2010, 11:25 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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 23, 2010, 11:25 PM MDT (05:25 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2010, 11:50 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:26 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2337 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2010-05-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 142 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2337 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
899 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
217 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
9.5

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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 23, 10:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 23, 10:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:41 AM MDT, 17 hours 44 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
541 AM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

NMZ501>540-241200-
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-
541 AM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SOUTHWEST WINDS INCREASING TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 55 MPH
DEVELOPING FROM THE ARIZONA BORDER TO THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE BY
LATE MORNING WILL EXPAND TO MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF NORTH AND
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO BY EARLY AFTERNOON. WIND SPEEDS WILL TAPER OFF
ONLY GRADUALLY OVERNIGHT. GUSTY WINDS COMBINED WITH LOW
HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE WIDESPREAD DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

ON MONDAY..THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS
LOW. HOWEVER...WIND SPEEDS OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS WILL REMAIN GUSTY
BEFORE TAPERING OFF LATE MONDAY AFTERNOON. GUSTY WINDS COMBINED
WITH CONTINUED LOW HUMIDITIES WILL PRODUCE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER
OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN ON MONDAY
AFTERNOON.

FOR TUESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD
HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING EACH
AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...AND LOCAL DOWNPOURS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT MEASURED WIND SPEEDS...WIND
IMPACTS...AND WILDFIRE STARTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING
1.888.386.7637.

SHY

In the hours before

Local storm report, May 23, 8:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
848 PM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0837 PM     TORNADO          2 W CLAYTON             36.45N 103.21W
05/23/2010                   UNION              NM   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            DEBRIS ON HWY 56 MP93 POWER LINE DOWN BARBED WIRE
            FENCING STEEL BLDG FROM FEEDLOT HAY BALES COW IN ROAD
            WITH BROKEN LEG SEMI OVERTURNED ON PRIVATE PROPERTY

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1002009

99
Special weather statement, May 23, 8:55 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
855 PM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

NMZ538-240345-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-
855 PM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN CHAVES COUNTY THROUGH
945 PM MDT...

AT 855 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF ELKINS...OR ABOUT 33 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL...MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
CHAVES COUNTY NORTH OF HIGHWAY 70 AND EAST OF THE PECOS RIVER.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3398 10437 3396 10385 3357 10401 3359 10426
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 183DEG 27KT 3374 10414

KJ
Local storm report, May 23, 8:56 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
856 PM MDT SUN MAY 23 2010

..TIME..    ...EVENT...     ...CITY LOCATION...      ...LAT.LON...
..DATE..    ....MAG....     ..COUNTY LOCATION.. ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0850 PM     TORNADO          6 SW AMISTAD            35.86N 103.23W
05/23/2010                   UNION              NM   PUBLIC

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1002010

ELB
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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Local storm report, May 23, 11:16 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 23, 6:07 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion23 min
May 23, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, Union38 min
May 23, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion33 min
May 23, 6:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion31 min
May 23, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union46 min
May 23, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union44 min
May 23, 7:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union67 min
May 23, 7:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union47 min
May 23, 8:01 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion29 min
May 23, 8:09 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay, Union36 min
May 23, 8:19 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion26 min
May 23, 8:26 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion25 min
May 23, 8:47 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay, Union28 min
May 23, 8:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union57 min
May 23, 8:50 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion25 min
May 23, 8:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ50 min
May 23, 9:15 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion30 min
May 23, 9:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion33 min
May 23, 10:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion12 min
May 24, 3:27 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion48 min
May 24, 3:35 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union40 min
May 24, 3:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion32 min
May 24, 4:54 AM MDTFreeze WatchABQ11 hr
May 24, 4:54 AM MDTWind AdvisoryABQ11 hr
May 24, 3:56 PM MDTFreeze WarningABQ16 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2010Every 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.