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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 155, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 7, 2013, 6:06 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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
- Aug 7, 2013, 6:06 PM MDT (00:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 212 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -80 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2314 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 94 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
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 Aug 7, 5:47 PM MDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 5:47 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT WED AUG 7 2013 NMZ501>540-081200- 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- 600 AM MDT WED AUG 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ROUGHTLY THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NEW MEXICO...WHERE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS RECENT WILD FIRE BURN SCARS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING DUE IN PART TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AREAS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ARE EXPECTED TO DRY OUT THURSDAY...WHILE THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE THE FOCUS AREAS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AGAIN OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro | 2 hr |
| Aug 8, 1:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 1:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 2:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 48 min |
| Aug 8, 2:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 3:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 113 min |
| Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 4:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 50 min |
| Aug 8, 4:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union | 112 min |
| Aug 8, 4:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 32 min |
| Aug 8, 4:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 52 min |
| Aug 8, 5:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 30 min |
| Aug 8, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 5:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 56 min |
| Aug 8, 5:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 114 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.