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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2012, 2:52 PM MDT for De Baca 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
- Aug 20, 2012, 2:52 PM MDT (20:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 20, 2012, 3:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County De Baca County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 272 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 169 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 419 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Aug 20, 5:44 AM MDT, 9 hours 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 20, 5:44 AM MDT, 9 hours 8 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 20, 6:00 AM MDT, 8 hours 52 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT MON AUG 20 2012 NMZ501>540-211200- 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- 600 AM MDT MON AUG 20 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS AND FAR EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING HOURS. THE PRIMARY THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ON WEDNESDAY AS MONSOONAL MOISTURE SPREADS EAST ACROSS THE STATE...AND THURSDAY AS AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED MONDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. 11
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 20, 12:14 PM MDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1214 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012
NMZ511-517-518-201845-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
1214 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA...
NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL AND
NORTHEASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM MDT...
AT 1208 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANTA CLARA PUEBLO...OR ABOUT 6 MILES WEST
OF ESPANOLA...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. ANOTHER STRONG
STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SAN ILDEFONSO PUEBLO.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...ESPANOLA...AND SANTA CRUZ.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3612 10597 3590 10593 3583 10605 3588 10625
3609 10631
TIME...MOT...LOC 1812Z 261DEG 7KT 3598 10616Special weather statement, Aug 20, 2:13 PM MDT, 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
213 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012
NMZ506-507-202045-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
213 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY THROUGH 245
PM MDT...
AT 206 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAGUNA PUEBLO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. STRONG RUN OFF WILL
OCCUR WITHIN AREAS ALONG HIGHWAY 279 BETWEEN PAGUATE AND LAGUNA PUEBLO.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MESITA.
&&
LAT...LON 3508 10712 3497 10722 3491 10738 3505 10747
3514 10742 3518 10732
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 316DEG 10KT 3506 10732
GUYERSpecial weather statement, Aug 20, 2:52 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
252 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012
NMZ537-202115-
DE BACA COUNTY-
252 PM MDT MON AUG 20 2012
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL DE BACA COUNTY THROUGH
315 PM MDT...
AT 248 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF YESO...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 5 MPH.
HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL
DE BACA COUNTY ALONG HIGHWAY 20.
&&
LAT...LON 3427 10426 3416 10438 3412 10450 3425 10461
3434 10456 3439 10446
TIME...MOT...LOC 2051Z 306DEG 5KT 3427 10446
GUYERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 59 min |
| Aug 19, 6:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 54 min |
| Aug 19, 7:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 114 min |
| Aug 19, 7:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 80 min |
| Aug 19, 7:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 7:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 116 min |
| Aug 19, 7:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Quay | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 7:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 8:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 93 min |
| Aug 19, 8:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 30 min |
| Aug 19, 8:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 113 min |
| Aug 19, 8:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 30 min |
| Aug 20, 12:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 1:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 87 min |
| Aug 20, 2:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 111 min |
| Aug 20, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 32 min | |
| Aug 20, 2:45 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 2:58 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 2 hr |
| Aug 20, 3:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 25 min |
| Aug 20, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 28 min |
| Aug 20, 3:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Valencia | 109 min |
| Aug 20, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 36 min |
| Aug 20, 3:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 88 min |
| Aug 20, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 34 min |
| Aug 20, 4:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | De Baca | 3 hr |
| Aug 20, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 37 min |
| Aug 20, 4:41 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 49 min |
| Aug 20, 4:46 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry | 119 min |
| Aug 20, 4:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 42 min |
| Aug 20, 5:21 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 114 min |
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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.