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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 22, 2012

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2012, 8:27 PM MDT. It was in force for 33 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 22, 2012, 8:27 PM MDT (02:27 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2012, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 187 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 27 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3257 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 12 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 Aug 22, 5:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 22, 5:46 PM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 22, 5:49 AM MDT, 14 hours 38 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
549 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2012

NMZ501>540-231200-
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-
549 AM MDT WED AUG 22 2012

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING OVER
MUCH OF WESTERN AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...WHERE
LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR. AREAS SURROUNDING THE
LAS CONCHAS...WHITEWATER BALDY...LITTLE BEAR...AND WHITE BURN
SCARS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING THROUGH MIDNIGHT
TONIGHT. STORMS IN THE EASTERN PLAINS WILL BE MORE SPARSE TODAY
AND THIS EVENING...HOWEVER SOME STRONG AND PERHAPS SEVERE CELLS
WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN IMPACT
MUCH OF THE WESTERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO ON THURSDAY. SOME
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO SUBMIT REPORTS OF ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL
OR FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT
1.888.386.7637 OR VIA THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 3:42 PM MDT, 4 hours 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 22, 8:27 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
Aug 22, 7:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Aug 22, 7:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	119 min
Aug 22, 8:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	2 hr
Aug 23, 3:46 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		17 hr
Aug 23, 1:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	39 min
Aug 23, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	45 min
Aug 23, 1:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	85 min
Aug 23, 2:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	84 min
Aug 23, 2:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	110 min
Aug 23, 2:26 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	94 min
Aug 23, 3:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	114 min
Aug 23, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	30 min
Aug 23, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	35 min
Aug 23, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	33 min
Aug 23, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	114 min
Aug 23, 5:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	2 hr
Aug 23, 5:34 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	De Baca	116 min
Aug 23, 5:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr

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.