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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 23, 2012De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 23, 2012, 4:40 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 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 23, 2012, 4:40 PM MDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2012, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County De Baca County, NM

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 23, 3:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 23, 3:31 PM MDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 23, 5:41 AM MDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 1:15 PM MDT, 3 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
115 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012

NMZ504-511-232000-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-NORTHWEST HIGHLANDS-
115 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN RIO ARRIBA AND NORTHERN
SANDOVAL COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM MDT...

AT 115 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
CLUSTER OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 10 MILES WEST OF CUBA...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 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...CUBA...REGINA...LINDRITH...GALLINA AND LA JARA AS WELL AS
HIGHWAY 550 BETWEEN CUBA AND THE INTERSECTION OF STATE ROAD 537.

THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 10697 3602 10659 3581 10719 3613 10739
TIME...MOT...LOC 1913Z 225DEG 34KT 3601 10713

KJ

Special weather statement, Aug 23, 3:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
315 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012

NMZ533-537-232145-
DE BACA COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
315 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL GUADALUPE AND NORTHERN DE
BACA COUNTIES THROUGH 345 PM MDT...

AT 315 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SUMNER LAKE...OR ABOUT 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
FORT SUMNER...MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE LOCATED
NEAR YESO...AND 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF SUMNER LAKE ALSO MOVING TOWARD
THE EAST AT AROUND 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...FORT SUMNER...PORTIONS OF
HIGHWAY 84 BETWEEN SANTA ROSA AND FORT SUMNER...AND PORTIONS OF
HIGHWAY 60 BETWEEN YESO AND FORT SUMNER.

THE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.

&&

LAT...LON 3449 10469 3466 10464 3475 10419 3451 10412
      3433 10421 3433 10470
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 277DEG 25KT 3454 10437

KJ

Local storm report, Aug 23, 4:17 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 23, 4:40 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, 8:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 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, 4:42 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

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.