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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2012Harding County, Quay County, Union County, New Mexico

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 1:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 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.

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.

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

$$

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1 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

$$

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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, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt46 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

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.