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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 4:04 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 26 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
- Jul 1, 2012, 4:04 PM MDT (22:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 2012, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County Colfax County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 212 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 375 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
- 10 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -533 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 Jul 1, 3:10 PM MDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 1, 3:10 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 524 AM MDT SUN JUL 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- 524 AM MDT SUN JUL 1 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SOME LOCALIZED DOWNPOURS. STORMS WILL LINGER OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS WELL INTO THE EVENING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER... THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING EACH DAY MAY PRODUCE GUSTS TO 50 MPH AND SOME DOWNPOURS...WITH STORMS CONTINUING INTO THE EVENING. WITH INCREASED MOISTURE FROM INDEPENDENCE DAY THROUGH SATURDAY...SOME DOWNPOURS MAY BECOME LOCALLY HEAVY...ESPECIALLY OVER THE BURN SCAR AREAS OF CATRON...SOCORRO...AND LINCOLN COUNTIES. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. SHY
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 1, 12:58 PM MDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 51 min |
| Jul 1, 12:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 1:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 1, 4:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora, Union | 95 min |
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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.