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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 19, 2013Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2013, 5:59 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2013, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 258 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1212 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2013-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 294 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1212 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-116 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
760 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
294 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
416 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.8
Supercell composite
20.9

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 19, 5:49 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 5:49 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 5:39 AM MDT, 12 hours 20 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
539 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

NMZ501>540-201200-
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-
539 AM MDT WED JUN 19 2013

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 THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS CLOSE TO TEXAS BORDER. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM NOON TO 8 PM MDT FOR MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO VERY LOW HUMIDITIES AND
BREEZY TO WINDY CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

A FIRE WEATHER WATCH IS IN EFFECT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR POINTS IN THE EASTERN
PLAINS NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING DUE TO THE
THREAT FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 19, 5:46 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 6:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion34 min
Jun 18, 6:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax27 min
Jun 18, 6:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union39 min
Jun 18, 6:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union34 min
Jun 18, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion44 min
Jun 18, 7:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax25 min
Jun 18, 7:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union60 min
Jun 18, 7:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union2 hr
Jun 18, 7:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion63 min
Jun 18, 8:34 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQUnion116 min
Jun 18, 8:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion66 min
Jun 18, 9:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion38 min
Jun 19, 2:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel54 min
Jun 19, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca36 min
Jun 19, 2:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay66 min
Jun 19, 2:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca56 min
Jun 19, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel44 min
Jun 19, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Roosevelt59 min
Jun 19, 3:31 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay, San Miguel44 min
Jun 19, 3:34 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQCibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan25 hr
Jun 19, 3:34 PM MDTRed Flag WarningABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more28 hr
Jun 19, 4:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt44 min
Jun 19, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, San Miguel43 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay, San Miguel50 min
Jun 19, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt61 min
Jun 19, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt57 min
Jun 19, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay44 min
Jun 19, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt66 min
Jun 19, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt35 min
Jun 19, 5:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt33 min
Jun 19, 5:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry34 min
Jun 19, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt50 min
Jun 19, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2013Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2013

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.