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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 26, 2012San Juan County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2012, 7:52 PM MDT for San Juan County, New Mexico. It was in force for 23 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 26, 2012, 7:52 PM MDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2012, 8:15 PM MDT
In force: 23 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County San Juan County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Jul 26, 4:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 26, 4:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 26, 5:30 AM MDT, 14 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT THU JUL 26 2012

NMZ501>540-271200-
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-
530 AM MDT THU JUL 26 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...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH LOCALLY
HEAVY RAIN...MOSTLY OCCURRING IN THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING... WILL
BE LIKELY ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY. THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED HIGH FLOWS IN...OR EVEN FLASH FLOODING
OF...SMALL STREAMS...ARROYOS AND WASHES STILL SHOULD BE IN THE
VICINITY OF THE WHITEWATER BALDY...LITTLE BEAR AND LOS CONCHAS
BURN SCARS. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WILL BE
POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW.
HOWEVER...SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN ARE EXPECTED ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY. THE GREATEST
POTENTIAL FOR HIGH FLOWS OR LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING IN AND BELOW
RECENT FOREST BURN SCARS FROM SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL
SHIFT TO THE WESTERN THIRD OF NEW MEXICO OVER THE WEEKEND. DRIER AIR WILL
BEGIN FILTERING INTO THE REGION EARLY NEXT WEEK...LIMITING
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE TO MAINLY MOUNTAIN LOCATIONS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 26, 7:52 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 6:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	116 min
Jul 26, 6:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	116 min
Jul 26, 8:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		34 min
Jul 26, 8:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	62 min
Jul 26, 9:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	60 min
Jul 26, 10:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	33 min
Jul 26, 10:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 27, 2:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	2 hr
Jul 27, 2:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, San Juan	2 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2012 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.