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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 20124 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 4:14 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 31 min. 2 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
Jun 12, 2012, 4:14 AM MDT (10:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 4:45 AM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 17 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:14 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
Jun 12, 4:15 AM MDTHAIL 11 N House, NM
Jun 12, 4:15 AM MDTHAIL 11 Nnw House, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2012-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -57 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3195 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

112 
WUUS55 KABQ 121014
SVRABQ
NMC009-011-037-041-121045-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0080.120612T1014Z-120612T1045Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
414 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 445 AM MDT

* AT 410 AM 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
  HOUSE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER...AND MOVING
  SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  TOLAR...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 
OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3450 10354 3432 10392 3470 10406 3482 10388
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 330DEG 25KT 3465 10390

$$

SHOEMAKE
1 follow-up statement
210 
WWUS55 KABQ 121036
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
436 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NMC009-011-037-041-121045-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0080.000000T0000Z-120612T1045Z/
CURRY-DE BACA-QUAY-ROOSEVELT-
436 AM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWESTERN
ROOSEVELT...EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL QUAY...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN DE BACA
AND WEST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 445 AM MDT...

AT 430 AM 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 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HOUSE...OR ABOUT 22 MILES EAST OF FORT
SUMNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LAT...LON 3462 10398 3475 10382 3450 10354 3432 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 1036Z 331DEG 22KT 3451 10383

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 10:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel29 min
Jun 11, 11:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay29 min
Jun 12, 1:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay29 min
Jun 12, 2:07 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay38 min
Jun 12, 2:11 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ34 min
Jun 12, 2:17 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay43 min
Jun 12, 2:37 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel38 min
Jun 12, 3:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel60 min
Jun 12, 4:47 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry43 min
Jun 12, 1:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora48 min
Jun 12, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax46 min
Jun 12, 2:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora46 min
Jun 12, 2:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax43 min
Jun 12, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union31 min
Jun 12, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union15 min
Jun 12, 3:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax45 min
Jun 12, 3:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos65 min
Jun 12, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax46 min
Jun 12, 4:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTaos49 min
Jun 12, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax45 min
Jun 12, 5:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union44 min
Jun 12, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ33 min
Jun 12, 5:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe30 min
Jun 12, 5:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora44 min
Jun 12, 5:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves24 min
Jun 12, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion50 min
Jun 12, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe49 min
Jun 12, 5:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora54 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.