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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2012Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 11:29 PM MDT for Curry County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Jun 12, 2012, 11:29 PM MDT (05:29 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2012, 12:30 AM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Curry County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:29 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 13, 12:07 AM MDT	HAIL 0.88	Clovis, NM
Jun 13, 12:10 AM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Clovis, NM	NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN
Jun 13, 12:11 AM MDT	HAIL 1	4 S Clovis, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 168 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.

711 
WUUS55 KABQ 130529
SVRABQ
NMC009-041-130630-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0105.120613T0529Z-120613T0630Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1129 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1230 AM MDT

* AT 1125 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL...
  AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 13
  MILES NORTHWEST OF RANCHVALE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CLOVIS...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  CANNON AFB...
  TEXICO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3416 10316 3458 10364 3469 10354 3470 10349
      3474 10350 3476 10348 3460 10303 3436 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0530Z 314DEG 20KT 3459 10348

$$


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2 follow-up statements

599 
WWUS55 KABQ 130604
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1204 AM MDT WED JUN 13 2012

NMC009-041-130630-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-120613T0630Z/
CURRY-ROOSEVELT-
1204 AM MDT WED JUN 13 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN
ROOSEVELT AND SOUTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 AM MDT...

AT 1204 AM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO 
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HALF DOLLAR SIZE 
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS 
LOCATED NEAR PORTAIR...OR ABOUT NEAR CLOVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 
MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  PLEASANT HILL...
  TEXICO...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

&&

LAT...LON 3416 10316 3441 10344 3456 10336 3464 10314
      3460 10303 3436 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0604Z 304DEG 26KT 3441 10322

$$


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405 
WWUS55 KABQ 130630
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1230 AM MDT WED JUN 13 2012

NMC009-041-130640-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-120613T0630Z/
CURRY-ROOSEVELT-
1230 AM MDT WED JUN 13 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN ROOSEVELT
AND SOUTHEASTERN CURRY 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.

LAT...LON 3416 10316 3441 10344 3456 10336 3464 10314
      3460 10303 3436 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0630Z 304DEG 26KT 3430 10303

$$


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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, 9:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, San Miguel	40 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 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.