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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 3, 2013Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2013, 3:34 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 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
Jul 3, 2013, 3:34 PM MDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2013, 4:15 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 90 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:34 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2013-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 188 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2013-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 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
188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-193 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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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 Jul 3, 3:33 PM MDT, 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:33 PM MDT, 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 3, 6:12 AM MDT, 9 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 AM MDT WED JUL 3 2013

NMZ501>540-041200-
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-
612 AM MDT WED JUL 3 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 MUCH OF THE EASTERN PLAINS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND
WESTERN AREAS SOUTH OF I-40...WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BETWEEN THREE QUARTERS
OF AN INCH AND ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. RAIN AT THIS
RATE CAN PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING WITHIN AND BELOW RECENTLY BURNED
FORESTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...
THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO
REDEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS MUCH OF THE
EASTERN PLAINS...AS WELL AS CENTRAL AND WESTERN AREAS SOUTH OF
I-40.

THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY...STRONGER AFTERNOON AND EVENING
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BETWEEN THREE
QUARTERS OF AN INCH AND ONE INCH OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. THE
POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR AN INFLUX OF SUBTROPICAL MOISTURE SUNDAY
THROUGH THE BEGINNING OF THE COMING WORK WEEK...WHEN STORMS COULD
PRODUCE NEARLY 1.25 INCHES OF RAIN IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. IN URBAN
AREAS OR REGIONS OF COMPLEX TERRAIN...RAIN AT THIS RATE CAN EASILY
PRODUCE MINOR FLOODING AND POSSIBLY FLASH FLOODING. WITHIN
RECENTLY BURNED FORESTS IT COULD PRODUCE FLASH FLOODING THAT
SPREADS QUICKLY TO LOWER ELEVATIONS.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AND
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR COLFAX...UNION...MORA...HARDING...
QUAY...GUADALUPE...SAN MIGUEL...TORRANCE...CURRY...ROOSEVELT...DE
BACA...CHAVES...LINCOLN...SOCORRO...VALENCIA AND SOUTHEAST CATRON
COUNTIES DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 2, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia30 min
Jul 2, 6:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ35 min
Jul 2, 6:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln, Socorro40 min
Jul 2, 7:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro114 min
Jul 2, 7:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Cibola, Valencia116 min
Jul 3, 2:09 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Valencia81 min
Jul 3, 1:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe25 min
Jul 3, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora25 min
Jul 3, 1:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora33 min
Jul 3, 1:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora32 min
Jul 3, 2:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding36 min
Jul 3, 2:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel26 min
Jul 3, 2:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ33 min
Jul 3, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe34 min
Jul 3, 2:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding31 min
Jul 3, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel36 min
Jul 3, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance30 min
Jul 3, 3:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel44 min
Jul 3, 3:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance33 min
Jul 3, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance119 min
Jul 3, 3:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding33 min
Jul 3, 3:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe27 min
Jul 3, 3:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, San Miguel111 min
Jul 3, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel48 min
Jul 3, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance44 min
Jul 3, 4:17 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay28 min
Jul 3, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln36 min
Jul 3, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry31 min
Jul 3, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe28 min
Jul 3, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba25 min
Jul 3, 4:38 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron22 min
Jul 3, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance34 min
Jul 3, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt59 min
Jul 3, 4:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ27 min
Jul 3, 4:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln111 min
Jul 3, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba26 min
Jul 3, 5:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel2 hr
Jul 3, 5:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance29 min
Jul 3, 5:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance116 min
Jul 3, 5:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Roosevelt84 min
Jul 3, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt64 min
Jul 3, 5:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance31 min
Jul 3, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance27 min
Jul 3, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe25 min
Jul 3, 5:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron114 min
Jul 3, 5:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ35 min
Jul 3, 5:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe2 hr

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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.