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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 29, 2012Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 2012, 8:30 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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
Apr 29, 2012, 8:30 PM MDT (02:30 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 165 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Apr 29, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 2012-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 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 2012-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2070 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
56 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
153 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

803 
WUUS55 KABQ 300230
SVRABQ
NMC059-300300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0002.120430T0230Z-120430T0300Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
830 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 900 PM MDT

* AT 830 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 NEAR
  SEDAN...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTH OF AMISTAD...AND MOVING EAST AT 30
  MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3604 10334 3621 10332 3623 10303 3588 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 276DEG 25KT 3611 10322

$$

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2 follow-up statements
405 
WWUS55 KABQ 300244
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
844 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

NMC059-300300-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120430T0300Z/
UNION-
844 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
UNION COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT...

AT 842 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 SEDAN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF AMISTAD...MOVING EAST
AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL UNION COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 10334 3621 10332 3623 10303 3588 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 276DEG 25KT 3610 10310

$$
230 
WWUS55 KABQ 300259
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
859 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

NMC059-300309-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120430T0300Z/
UNION-
859 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT FOR
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM HAS EXITED THE WARNED AREA...THUS THE WARNING HAS BEEN
ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3604 10334 3621 10332 3623 10303 3588 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 276DEG 25KT 3609 10297

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 6:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding23 min
Apr 29, 6:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding32 min
Apr 29, 7:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding27 min
Apr 29, 7:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion28 min
Apr 29, 8:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion29 min
Apr 30, 2:36 PM MDTRed Flag WarningABQHarding, San Miguel, Union28 hr

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.