Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 2012, 1:45 PM MDT for Socorro County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report 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
- May 13, 2012, 1:45 PM MDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- May 13, 2012, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Socorro County, NM, Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 13, 2:08 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 11 Wnw Cedarvale, NM |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 92 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
- 114 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1384 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 147 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
889 WUUS55 KABQ 131945 SVRABQ NMC053-057-132030- /O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0021.120513T1945Z-120513T2030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 145 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 230 PM MDT * AT 145 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 6 MILES SOUTH OF WILLARD...OR ABOUT 18 MILES SOUTH OF ESTANCIA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY... RURAL SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3439 10574 3423 10601 3451 10617 3462 10600 TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 324DEG 9KT 3449 10602 $$ 34
1 follow-up statement
956 WWUS55 KABQ 132010 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 210 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 NMC053-057-132030- /O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-120513T2030Z/ SOCORRO-TORRANCE- 210 PM MDT SUN MAY 13 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TORRANCE AND EXTREME EAST CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT... AT 209 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PROGRESSO...OR ABOUT 21 MILES NORTHWEST OF CORONA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL SOCORRO COUNTY.. RURAL TORRANCE COUNTY INCLUDING PROGRESSO... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. && LAT...LON 3442 10603 3452 10589 3439 10574 3423 10601 TIME...MOT...LOC 2009Z 310DEG 11KT 3441 10590 $$ 34
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 12, 7:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 35 min | |
| May 12, 9:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 36 min |
| May 12, 9:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 43 min |
| May 13, 12:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 29 min |
| May 13, 12:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 35 min | |
| May 13, 1:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 24 min |
| May 13, 1:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe | 2 hr |
| May 13, 1:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 28 min |
| May 13, 1:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln, Torrance | 67 min |
| May 13, 1:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 38 min |
| May 13, 1:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 36 min |
| May 13, 2:15 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt, Socorro | 30 days |
| May 13, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 25 min |
| May 13, 2:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln, Torrance | 64 min |
| May 13, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 30 min |
| May 13, 2:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 29 min |
| May 13, 2:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro, Valencia | 50 min |
| May 13, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 29 min |
| May 13, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 23 min |
| May 13, 3:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro | 68 min |
| May 13, 3:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 66 min |
| May 13, 3:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 33 min |
| May 13, 4:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 37 min |
| May 13, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 29 min |
| May 13, 5:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 26 min |
| May 13, 5:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 34 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.