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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 5, 2011Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2011, 6:43 PM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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 5, 2011, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2011, 7:11 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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 2011-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2011-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-90 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3196 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

950 
WUUS55 KABQ 060043
SVRABQ
NMC021-037-047-060130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0021.110606T0043Z-110606T0130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
643 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 642 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 18
  MILES WEST OF LOGAN...OR ABOUT 17 MILES NORTH OF TUCUMCARI...AND
  MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL NORTH CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY...
  RURAL EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...
  RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3570 10344 3536 10323 3530 10378 3546 10386
TIME...MOT...LOC 0043Z 247DEG 14KT 3541 10372

$$

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2 follow-up statements
269 
WWUS55 KABQ 060105
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
705 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NMC021-037-047-060130-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110606T0130Z/
HARDING-QUAY-SAN MIGUEL-
705 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME EAST
CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL...NORTH CENTRAL QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN HARDING
COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM MDT...

AT 700 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 14 MILES WEST OF LOGAN...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTH OF
TUCUMCARI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL QUAY COUNTY..
  RURAL HARDING COUNTY...

LAT...LON 3546 10380 3570 10344 3536 10323 3530 10375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0105Z 247DEG 14KT 3544 10362

$$

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419 
WWUS55 KABQ 060111
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
711 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011

NMC021-037-047-060121-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-110606T0130Z/
HARDING-QUAY-SAN MIGUEL-
711 PM MDT SUN JUN 5 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CANCELLED FOR EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SAN
MIGUEL...NORTH CENTRAL QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTIES...

LAT...LON 3546 10380 3570 10344 3536 10323 3530 10375
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 247DEG 14KT 3545 10360

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay30 min
Jun 5, 7:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay23 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay46 min
Jun 5, 8:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, San Miguel26 min
Jun 5, 9:36 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQCatron, Socorro6 hr
Jun 6, 3:56 AM MDTFire Weather WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Sandoval and 5 more24 hr
Jun 6, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ36 min
Jun 6, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ35 min
Jun 6, 4:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos26 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2011Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2011

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.