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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 1, 2012Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jun 1, 2012, 2:05 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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 1, 2012, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 2012, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 208 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 29 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2012-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
29 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-336 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2066 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
164 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.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 1, 12:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 12:13 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 5:59 AM MDT, 8 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
559 AM MDT FRI JUN 1 2012

NMZ501>540-021200-
NORTHWEST PLATEAU-CHUSKA MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-SAN JUAN MOUNTAINS-JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
NORTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-ESTANCIA VALLEY-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-UNION COUNTY-
HARDING COUNTY-EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
QUAY COUNTY-CURRY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
559 AM MDT FRI JUN 1 2012

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT OVER THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS
WHERE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

STRONG TO POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATE
SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS
WHERE STRONG DAMAGING WIND GUSTS AND LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GUYER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:05 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
205 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2012

NMZ526-012030-
SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
205 PM MDT FRI JUN 1 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH
230 PM MDT...

AT 205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUIDOSO DOWNS...OR ABOUT 9
MILES SOUTHEAST OF RUIDOSO...MOVING NORTH AT 5 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RUIDOSO DOWNS...GLENCOE...ALTO
AND HOLLYWOOD.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3342 10571 3343 10542 3330 10542 3330 10567
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 175DEG 3KT 3328 10554

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 6:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora29 min
May 31, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance60 min
May 31, 6:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora32 min
May 31, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel65 min
May 31, 6:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax54 min
May 31, 6:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax33 min
May 31, 7:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe29 min
May 31, 7:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax51 min
May 31, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel62 min
May 31, 7:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax26 min
May 31, 8:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax34 min
May 31, 8:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel32 min
May 31, 8:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax46 min
May 31, 9:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax49 min
May 31, 9:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora58 min
May 31, 10:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel61 min
May 31, 11:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel60 min
Jun 1, 12:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel29 min
Jun 1, 2:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln15 min
Jun 1, 3:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax19 min
Jun 1, 4:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln35 min
Jun 1, 4:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln44 min
Jun 1, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax33 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2012Every special weather statement 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.