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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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.
- 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
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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</html>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
99Special 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
ELBSpecial weather statement, May 23, 9:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 6:07 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 23 min |
| May 23, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 38 min |
| May 23, 6:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| May 23, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
| May 23, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 46 min |
| May 23, 7:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 44 min |
| May 23, 7:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 67 min |
| May 23, 7:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 47 min |
| May 23, 8:01 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 29 min |
| May 23, 8:09 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 36 min |
| May 23, 8:19 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 26 min |
| May 23, 8:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 25 min |
| May 23, 8:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 28 min |
| May 23, 8:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 57 min |
| May 23, 8:50 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 25 min |
| May 23, 8:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 50 min | |
| May 23, 9:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 30 min |
| May 23, 9:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| May 23, 10:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 12 min |
| May 24, 3:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 48 min |
| May 24, 3:35 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 40 min |
| May 24, 3:58 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 min |
| May 24, 4:54 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | ABQ | 11 hr | |
| May 24, 4:54 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | 11 hr | |
| May 24, 3:56 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | ABQ | 16 hr |
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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.