Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 7:31 PM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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, 7:31 PM MDT (01:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 8:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:35 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 148 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
496
WUUS55 KABQ 130131
SVRABQ
NMC021-037-059-130215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0095.120613T0131Z-120613T0215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
731 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
EAST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
* UNTIL 815 PM MDT
* AT 726 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 NEAR
HAYDEN...OR ABOUT 9 MILES WEST OF AMISTAD...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH. ROADS MAY BECOME SLIPPERY FROM SIGNIFICANT HAIL
ACCUMULATION.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NARA VISA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AVOID WINDOWS.
HEAVY RAINS FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND
DANGEROUS FLOWS IN ARROYOS...DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS. DO
NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 10306 3562 10326 3592 10345 3605 10331
3588 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 311DEG 23KT 3592 10329
$$
431 follow-up statement
305
WWUS55 KABQ 130156
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
756 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
NMC021-037-059-130215-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0095.000000T0000Z-120613T0215Z/
HARDING-QUAY-UNION-
756 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEASTERN
UNION...NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND EAST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTIES UNTIL 815
PM MDT...
AT 750 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTH OF AMISTAD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
ANOTHER POTENTIALLY SEVERE STORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF ROSEBUD IN FAR
EAST CENTRAL HARDING COUNTY.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NARA VISA...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.
&&
LAT...LON 3557 10306 3557 10308 3562 10326 3592 10345
3605 10331 3588 10303
TIME...MOT...LOC 0154Z 311DEG 23KT 3581 10314
$$
43The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 6:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 47 min |
| Jun 12, 6:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 7:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 7:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 46 min |
| Jun 12, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 45 min |
| Jun 12, 7:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay, Roosevelt | 48 min |
| Jun 12, 8:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 8:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 56 min |
| Jun 12, 8:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 62 min |
| Jun 12, 9:03 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 9:06 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 9:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 9:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 10:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 38 min |
| Jun 12, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 34 min |
| Jun 12, 11:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 61 min |
| Jun 13, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 27 min |
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.