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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 13, 2012Socorro County, Torrance County, New Mexico

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 13, 2:08 PM MDTHAIL 111 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-05-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 114 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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

$$


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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

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 12, 7:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ35 min
May 12, 9:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay36 min
May 12, 9:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay43 min
May 13, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley29 min
May 13, 12:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ35 min
May 13, 1:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance24 min
May 13, 1:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe2 hr
May 13, 1:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro28 min
May 13, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln, Torrance67 min
May 13, 1:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro38 min
May 13, 1:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance36 min
May 13, 2:15 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt, Socorro30 days
May 13, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval25 min
May 13, 2:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln, Torrance64 min
May 13, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia30 min
May 13, 2:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro29 min
May 13, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Valencia50 min
May 13, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro29 min
May 13, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax23 min
May 13, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln, Socorro68 min
May 13, 3:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln66 min
May 13, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance33 min
May 13, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves37 min
May 13, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves29 min
May 13, 5:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro26 min
May 13, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves34 min

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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.