Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 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.
- 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
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 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
405 WWUS55 KABQ 300244 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 844 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012 NMC059-300300- /O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-120430T0300Z/ UNION- 844 PM MDT SUN APR 29 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 842 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SEDAN...OR ABOUT 13 MILES NORTH OF AMISTAD...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL UNION COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT MONDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3604 10334 3621 10332 3623 10303 3588 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 276DEG 25KT 3610 10310 $$
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 $$ 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 29, 6:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 23 min |
| Apr 29, 6:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 32 min |
| Apr 29, 7:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 27 min |
| Apr 29, 7:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 28 min |
| Apr 29, 8:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 29 min |
| Apr 30, 2:36 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 28 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.