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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 24, 2010Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 2010, 3:35 AM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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 24, 2010, 3:35 AM MDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 2010, 4:15 AM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:38 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, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 258 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: 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 24, 3:24 AM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 3:24 AM MDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 23, 5:41 AM MDT, 21 hours 54 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

Special weather statement, May 23, 9:57 PM MDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 10:57 PM MDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 23, 11:16 PM MDT, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 3:27 AM 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 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 23, 11:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	25 min
May 24, 3:27 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	48 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

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.