Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2012, 8:16 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 min. 4 reports 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 21, 2012, 8:16 PM MDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2012, 9:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Curry County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 31 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 21, 8:19 PM MDT | HAIL 0.88 | 2 N Broadview, NM | PENNY TO NICKEL |
| May 21, 8:25 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Broadview, NM | |
| May 21, 8:34 PM MDT | HAIL 0.75 | 1 S Broadview, NM | PENNY SIZE |
| May 21, 8:50 PM MDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Broadview, NM | STATE HIGHWAY 209 |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 118 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -79 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2075 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
425
WUUS55 KABQ 220216
SVRABQ
NMC009-220315-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0049.120522T0216Z-120522T0315Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
816 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 915 PM MDT
* AT 812 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE
LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTH OF BROADVIEW TO 8
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRADY...OR ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 33 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI TO 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLOVIS...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLVIEW...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AVOID WINDOWS.
&&
LAT...LON 3471 10349 3473 10350 3478 10345 3478 10339
3484 10340 3486 10338 3487 10329 3496 10328
3495 10303 3451 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 302DEG 13KT 3493 10321 3472 10336
$$3 follow-up statements
766 WWUS55 KABQ 220246 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 846 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 NMC009-220315- /O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120522T0315Z/ CURRY- 846 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT... AT 836 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BELLVIEW TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BELLVIEW...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL CURRY COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3468 10341 3489 10304 3451 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0245Z 317DEG 16KT 3480 10302 3463 10332 $$
598 WWUS55 KABQ 220300 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 900 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 NMC009-220315- /O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120522T0315Z/ CURRY- 900 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY UNTIL 915 PM MDT... AT 854 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28 MILES NORTH OF CLOVIS TO 16 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLOVIS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL CURRY COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER HAS BEEN REPORTED 7 MILES SOUTH OF BROADVIEW WITH THESE STORMS. HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED TO BE COMPLETELY COVERING STATE HIGHWAY 209 SOUTH OF BROADVIEW. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM...TAKE IMMEDIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3468 10341 3489 10304 3451 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0259Z 318DEG 13KT 3478 10301 3461 10330 $$
808 WWUS55 KABQ 220316 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 916 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 NMC009-220325- /O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-120522T0315Z/ CURRY- 916 PM MDT MON MAY 21 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS EXPIRED FOR NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETERMINED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3468 10341 3489 10304 3451 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0300Z 318DEG 13KT 3478 10301 3461 10330 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 6:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 58 min |
| May 21, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 62 min |
| May 21, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 54 min |
| May 21, 7:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 42 min |
| May 21, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 47 min |
| May 21, 7:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 24 min |
| May 21, 7:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union | 104 min |
| May 21, 9:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 46 min |
| May 21, 11:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 67 min |
| May 22, 1:29 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 31 min |
| May 22, 2:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 45 min |
| May 22, 4:05 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more | 24 hr |
| May 22, 4:28 AM MDT | High Wind Watch | ABQ | 24 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2012Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2012
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.