Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 11, 2012, 5:01 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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
- May 11, 2012, 5:01 PM MDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2012, 5:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Lincoln County, NM, Socorro County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 179 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 15 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1141 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
655
WUUS55 KABQ 112301
SVRABQ
NMC027-053-112345-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0013.120511T2301Z-120511T2345Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
501 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
SOUTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 545 PM MDT
* AT 500 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 7 MILES
NORTHWEST OF OSCURO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES WEST OF CARRIZOZO...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OSCURO AROUND 530 PM MDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AVOID WINDOWS.
HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS...DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3358 10629 3369 10612 3339 10578 3338 10583
3338 10619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 322DEG 11KT 3356 10614
$$
403 follow-up statements
076
WWUS55 KABQ 112313
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
513 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012
NMC027-053-112345-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120511T2345Z/
SOCORRO-LINCOLN-
513 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LINCOLN AND SOUTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...
AT 508 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF OSCURO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CARRIZOZO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
OSCURO AROUND 535 PM MDT...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3358 10629 3369 10612 3339 10578 3338 10583
3338 10619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 322DEG 11KT 3353 10611
$$
40595
WWUS55 KABQ 112329
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
529 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012
NMC027-053-112345-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120511T2345Z/
SOCORRO-LINCOLN-
529 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL
LINCOLN AND SOUTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...
AT 526 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 NEAR OSCURO...OR ABOUT 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CARRIZOZO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
LAT...LON 3358 10629 3369 10612 3339 10578 3338 10583
3338 10619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 324DEG 18KT 3346 10605
$$
40968
WWUS55 KABQ 112352
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
552 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012
NMC027-053-120002-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-120511T2345Z/
SOCORRO-LINCOLN-
552 PM MDT FRI MAY 11 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR WEST CENTRAL LINCOLN
AND SOUTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTIES...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.
LAT...LON 3358 10629 3369 10612 3339 10578 3338 10583
3338 10619
TIME...MOT...LOC 2329Z 324DEG 18KT 3346 10605
$$
34The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 3:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 30 min |
| May 11, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 23 min |
| May 11, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 32 min |
| May 11, 4:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 25 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.