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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 9, 2011Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2011, 5:05 PM MDT for Chaves 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 9, 2011, 5:05 PM MDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 9, 2011, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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: 354 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -345 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1763 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 129 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.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 9, 3:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 3:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 9, 6:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

NMZ501>540-101200-
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-
600 AM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. BUT A
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY STILL BECOME STRONG ENOUGH THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING TO PRODUCE BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL MAINLY ACROSS THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF THE NORTHERN GILA REGION AS
WELL AS IN AND JUST EAST OF LINCOLN COUNTY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER AGAIN IS LOW. BUT
THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO INCREASE IN NUMBER AND POSSIBLY INTENSITY
AS EARLY AS WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON...ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE WEST THIRD
OF THE STATE...BUT WILL MORE LIKELY SHOW A BIGGER INCREASE IN
COVERAGE BY THE WEEKEND. A FEW MAY AGAIN BECOME STRONG ENOUGH TO
PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL. THERE IS
SOME INCREASE IN THE RISK FOR HEAVY ENOUGH RAINFALL BY THE END OF
THE WEEK OR THE WEEKEND TO INCREASE THE RISK OF LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY ON AND BELOW THE RECENT BURN SCARS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS GENERALLY NOT ANTICIPATED...HOWEVER RAINFALL
REPORTS ARE ENCOURAGED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 9, 2:49 PM MDT, 2 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
249 PM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

NMZ535-536-092115-
CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
249 PM MDT TUE AUG 9 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CURRY AND CENTRAL ROOSEVELT
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT...

AT 247 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF
BELLVIEW TO 5 MILES WEST OF RANCHVALE TO 12 MILES NORTH OF ELIDA...
AND MOVING NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...SAINT VRAIN...BELLVIEW...
BROADVIEW...MELROSE AND FLOYD.

THIS STORM IS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
PERSONS IN THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION.

&&

LAT...LON 3483 10304 3455 10305 3442 10325 3399 10341
      3412 10381 3457 10360 3490 10321
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 119DEG 8KT 3474 10309 3448 10341
          3411 10359

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Local storm report, Aug 9, 2:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 9, 5:05 PM MDT, 0 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
Aug 9, 2:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	26 min

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