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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 94, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 20124 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 7:14 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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
Jun 12, 2012, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2012, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
46 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), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:17 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr
Jun 12, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 2012-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 628 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2012-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 47 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
628 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-263 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1812 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
116 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.

304 
WUUS55 KABQ 130114
SVRABQ
NMC009-011-037-041-130200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0094.120613T0114Z-120613T0200Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
714 PM 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
  EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 714 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10
  MILES WEST OF HOUSE...OR ABOUT 16 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY DUE TO LARGE  
  AMOUNTS OF HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOUSE...
  MCALISTER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE
SHELTER NOW.

&&

LAT...LON 3476 10361 3444 10366 3458 10418 3476 10416
TIME...MOT...LOC 0114Z 274DEG 18KT 3467 10406

$$


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1 follow-up statement
463 
WWUS55 KABQ 130131
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
731 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

NMC009-011-037-041-130200-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0094.000000T0000Z-120613T0200Z/
CURRY-DE BACA-QUAY-ROOSEVELT-
731 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EXTREME
NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT...SOUTHWESTERN QUAY...NORTHEASTERN DE BACA AND
WEST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM MDT...

AT 731 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PING PONG BALL
SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR HOUSE...OR ABOUT 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF FORT 
SUMNER...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL MAY PILE UP ON ROADWAYS. WATCH 
FOR SLIPPERY SPOTS. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  HOUSE...
  MCALISTER...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3456 10408 3476 10407 3476 10361 3444 10366
TIME...MOT...LOC 0131Z 274DEG 18KT 3464 10394

$$


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion47 min
Jun 12, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt46 min
Jun 12, 6:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion46 min
Jun 12, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding40 min
Jun 12, 7:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union37 min
Jun 12, 7:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union44 min
Jun 12, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding45 min
Jun 12, 7:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt48 min
Jun 12, 8:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay42 min
Jun 12, 8:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel56 min
Jun 12, 8:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt62 min
Jun 12, 9:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt42 min
Jun 12, 9:06 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt39 min
Jun 12, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, San Miguel40 min
Jun 12, 9:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt61 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt39 min
Jun 12, 10:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay38 min
Jun 12, 10:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt34 min
Jun 12, 11:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt61 min
Jun 13, 3:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.