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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 25, 2013Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2013, 2:23 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 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: May 25, 2013, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: May 25, 2013, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4410 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 83 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 May 25, 12:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 12:05 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:20 AM MDT, 9 hours 3 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
520 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

NMZ501>540-261200-
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-
520 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

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...THUNDERSTORMS
DEVELOPING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS MAY BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE THIS
AFTERNOON...WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS POSSIBLE WITH THE
STRONGER STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

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, May 25, 2:03 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
203 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

NMZ538>540-252045-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY-
203 PM MDT SAT MAY 25 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN AND WESTERN
CHAVES COUNTIES THROUGH 245 PM MDT...

AT 156 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF PICACHO...OR ABOUT 33 MILES
EAST OF RUIDOSO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RURAL AREAS SOUTH OF HIGHWAY
70 BUT COULD IMPACT HIGHWAY 70 EAST OF PICACHO.

&&

LAT...LON 3346 10486 3313 10479 3308 10515 3333 10522
TIME...MOT...LOC 2001Z 237DEG 25KT 3323 10510

50

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 6:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	37 min
May 24, 9:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
May 24, 9:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		52 min
May 24, 9:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	119 min
May 24, 9:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	116 min
May 24, 11:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	40 min
May 25, 1:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	31 min
May 25, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	42 min
May 25, 2:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	50 min
May 25, 2:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	2 hr
May 25, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	40 min
May 25, 3:29 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	24 hr
May 25, 3:29 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Harding, Sandoval, San Miguel, Socorro, Union and 1 more	30 hr
May 25, 3:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	57 min
May 25, 4:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
May 25, 4:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	28 min
May 25, 4:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	114 min
May 25, 4:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	63 min
May 25, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	59 min
May 25, 4:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	54 min
May 25, 5:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	118 min
May 25, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	50 min
May 25, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	40 min
May 25, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	46 min

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.