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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 30, 2012

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2012, 2:01 PM MDT. It was in force for 29 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: Sep 30, 2012, 2:01 PM MDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired: Sep 30, 2012, 2:30 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

The radar

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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 Sep 30, 11:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 11:39 AM MDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 5:49 AM MDT, 8 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
549 AM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012

NMZ501>540-011200-
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 SUN SEP 30 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...
THERE MAY BE A FEW INSTANCES OF SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS BETWEEN
35 AND 50 MPH WITH ISOLATED STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
SANGRE DE CRISTOS SOUTH AND EAST INTO TORRANCE COUNTY AND WESTERN
COLFAX...MORA...SAN MIGUEL AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES. WHILE THE RISK
IS NOT HIGH...THE BEST CHANCES WILL BE BETWEEN 2 PM AND 9 PM MDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...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, Sep 30, 1:19 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 1:55 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 2:01 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
201 PM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012

NMZ540-302030-
SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
201 PM MDT SUN SEP 30 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES
COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM MDT...

AT 200 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DUNKEN...OR ABOUT 39 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ARTESIA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF EXTREME
SOUTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY.

THIS STORM 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3260 10510 3262 10490 3252 10484 3251 10487
      3251 10508
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 330DEG 8KT 3253 10498

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 29, 6:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	40 min
Sep 30, 1:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Otero	26 min
Sep 30, 1:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Sep 30, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Sep 30, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Sep 30, 3:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	90 min
Sep 30, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	37 min
Sep 30, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.