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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2012Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 9:20 PM MDT for Quay County, San Miguel 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: Jun 12, 2012, 9:20 PM MDT (03:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2012, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:24 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, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 153 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: 628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 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.

538 
WUUS55 KABQ 130320
SVRABQ
NMC037-047-130400-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0101.120613T0320Z-120613T0400Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
920 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1000 PM MDT

* AT 915 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 16
  MILES NORTHWEST OF SAN JON...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
  TUCUMCARI...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE
SHELTER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3521 10305 3484 10346 3518 10374 3537 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 304DEG 23KT 3521 10355

$$

40

2 follow-up statements

312 
WWUS55 KABQ 130339
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
939 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NMC037-047-130400-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120613T0400Z/
QUAY-SAN MIGUEL-
939 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL AND CENTRAL QUAY COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 PM
MDT...

AT 936 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 7 MILES WEST OF SAN JON...OR ABOUT 16 MILES EAST OF
TUCUMCARI...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  BARD...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3521 10305 3484 10346 3518 10374 3537 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 304DEG 23KT 3515 10343

$$

989 
WWUS55 KABQ 130358
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
958 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NMC037-047-130409-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0101.000000T0000Z-120613T0400Z/
QUAY-SAN MIGUEL-
958 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 1000 PM MDT FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL AND CENTRAL QUAY COUNTIES...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 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 1100 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3521 10305 3484 10346 3518 10374 3537 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 0359Z 304DEG 23KT 3507 10329

$$

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	47 min
Jun 12, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	46 min
Jun 12, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	46 min
Jun 12, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	40 min
Jun 12, 7:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	37 min
Jun 12, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	46 min
Jun 12, 7:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	44 min
Jun 12, 7:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	45 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	48 min
Jun 12, 8:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	42 min
Jun 12, 8:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	56 min
Jun 12, 8:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	62 min
Jun 12, 9:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	42 min
Jun 12, 9:06 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	39 min
Jun 12, 9:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	61 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	39 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	38 min
Jun 12, 10:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	34 min
Jun 12, 11:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	61 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	27 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.