Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2012
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2012, 8:18 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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, 8:18 PM MDT (02:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Quay County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:18 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, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 139 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.
431 WUUS55 KABQ 130218 SVRABQ NMC037-130300- /O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0097.120613T0218Z-120613T0300Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 818 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 * UNTIL 900 PM MDT * AT 814 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 NARA VISA...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. TAKE SHELTER NOW. && LAT...LON 3529 10327 3574 10337 3574 10305 3529 10304 TIME...MOT...LOC 0219Z 330DEG 25KT 3559 10315 $$ 40
2 follow-up statements
122 WWUS55 KABQ 130244 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 844 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 NMC037-130300- /O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120613T0300Z/ QUAY- 844 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT... AT 840 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF NARA VISA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... RURAL QUAY COUNTY... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP SUDDENLY FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. && LAT...LON 3562 10331 3563 10305 3529 10304 3529 10327 TIME...MOT...LOC 0244Z 330DEG 25KT 3544 10304 $$
666 WWUS55 KABQ 130257 SVSABQ SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 857 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 NMC037-130307- /O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0097.000000T0000Z-120613T0300Z/ QUAY- 857 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2012 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT 900 PM MDT FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER SEVERE...THUS THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND STRONG WINDS TO 55 MPH ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM MDT TUESDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3562 10331 3563 10305 3529 10304 3529 10327 TIME...MOT...LOC 0257Z 330DEG 25KT 3536 10298 $$ 40
The 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, 7:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 44 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, 8:34 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
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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.