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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 1, 2011Harding County, Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 2011, 4:56 PM MDT for Harding County, Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 2011, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2011, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 1, 2:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2011-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 229 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
275 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

459 
WUUS55 KABQ 012256
SVRABQ
NMC021-033-047-012345-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0013.110601T2256Z-110601T2345Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
456 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 545 PM MDT

* AT 448 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES
  SOUTH OF MAES...OR ABOUT 31 MILES SOUTH OF WAGON MOUND...AND MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTY...
  RURAL NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...
  RURAL WEST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AVOID WINDOWS.

HAIL UP TO AN INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED IN TRUJILLO WITH 
THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE 
ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3608 10450 3566 10394 3547 10456 3558 10474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 221DEG 31KT 3561 10456

$$
1 follow-up statement
421 
WWUS55 KABQ 012337
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
537 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

NMC021-033-047-012348-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-110601T2345Z/
HARDING-SAN MIGUEL-MORA-
537 PM MDT WED JUN 1 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 545 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN MORA...NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND WEST CENTRAL HARDING
COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS...
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3608 10450 3566 10394 3547 10456 3558 10474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2338Z 221DEG 31KT 3589 10426

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt25 min
May 31, 8:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt27 min
May 31, 8:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt23 min
May 31, 8:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt27 min
May 31, 8:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt25 min
May 31, 8:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves23 min
May 31, 9:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves30 min
May 31, 9:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves63 min
May 31, 10:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt32 min
May 31, 10:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt33 min
Jun 1, 5:10 AM MDTFire Weather WatchABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 1 more23 hr
Jun 1, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel44 min
Jun 1, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel47 min
Jun 1, 2:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel33 min
Jun 1, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax52 min
Jun 1, 3:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel33 min
Jun 1, 3:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora61 min
Jun 1, 3:31 PM MDTRed Flag WarningABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 1 more28 hr
Jun 1, 3:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel29 min
Jun 1, 3:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union64 min
Jun 1, 3:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Mora114 min
Jun 1, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln29 min
Jun 1, 4:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion37 min
Jun 1, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion34 min
Jun 1, 4:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel45 min
Jun 1, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln36 min
Jun 1, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln46 min
Jun 1, 4:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba80 min
Jun 1, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion30 min
Jun 1, 5:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln43 min
Jun 1, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion34 min
Jun 1, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding44 min
Jun 1, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding39 min
Jun 1, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln44 min

Nearby

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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.