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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2013, 4:45 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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 8, 2013, 4:45 PM MDT (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM
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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 Aug 8, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 2:53 PM MDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 253 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 .DISCUSSION... CURRENTLY...EXPANSIVE RIDGE CORE ACROSS NORTHERN MEXICO AND THE SOUTHERN U.S. WITH RIDGE LOBE EXTENDING NORTHWARD FROM EASTERN ARIZONA AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO TO GREAT SALT LAKE. SURFACE LOW OVER SOUTHERN TEXAS PANHANDLE WITH WEAK BOUNDARY EXTENDING INTO EXTREME SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. CONVECTION UNDERWAY OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT PLAINS...WITH COVERAGE EXPANDING OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE THROUGH THIS EVENING. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OVER THE NORTHEAST COULD BE LOCALLY HEAVY...WITH SOME LARGER HAIL POSSIBLE NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER. MODELS...IN REASONABLE AGREEMENT ON BASIC PATTERN THROUGH THE UPCOMING WORK WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND IN WEAKLY FORCED PATTERN. RIDGE CORE WILL DRIFT EAST TO THE RED RIVER VALLEY OF NORTHERN LOUISIANA...AS CLOSED LOW DEEPENS OVER NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. RESULTING SOUTHWEST FLOW WILL START TO WORK ANOTHER PLUME OF MOISTURE INTO WESTERN NEW MEXICO THROUGH FRIDAY HEADING INTO THE WEEKEND. RIDGE CORE WILL SHIFT TO CENTRAL TEXAS ON SATURDAY AND EXPAND WESTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO BY MONDAY. CORE WILL SHIFT TO WESTERN NEW MEXICO AND EASTERN ARIZONA TUESDAY NIGHT...WITH CORE STRENGTHENING IN PLACE ON WEDNESDAY AND REMAINING THERE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK WEEK INTO THE FOLLOWING WEEKEND. OVERNIGHT...A REPEAT OF LAST NIGHTS TEMPERATURES AS THE LAST OF THE NORTHEAST PLAINS THUNDERSTORMS DRIFT OFF INTO THE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA PANHANDLES. RAIN COULD BE HEAVY AT TIMES NEAR THE TEXAS LINE THROUGH LATE EVENING. NORTHEAST WINDS COMBINED WITH EASTERN PLAINS CONVECTION WILL PUSH SOME COOLER AIR AGAINST THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WITH SOME MODEST GAP FLOW DEVELOPING OVERNIGHT OVER THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. FOR FRIDAY...RIDGE CORE SHIFTING TO CENTRAL TEXAS WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW STARTING TO ENCROACH ON WESTERN NEW MEXICO...AS SURFACE LOW REMAINS NEAR THE TEXAS BIG BEND COUNTRY. EASTERLY COMPONENT TO WINDS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE WILL PROVIDE SOME UP SLOPE ENHANCEMENT TO SHOWERS OVER THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE...AND AGAINST THE WESTERN MOUNTAINS AND CONTINENTAL DIVIDE. BEST CHANCES FOR HEAVIER RAIN WILL REMAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND ADJACENT PLAINS WITH THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING INTO FRIDAY EVENING. TEMPERATURES RUNNING WITHIN A FEW DEGREES OF EARLY AUGUST NORMALS. FOR SATURDAY...RIDGE CORE RETREATING TO EAST CENTRAL TEXAS NEAR THE DALLAS FORT WORTH METROPLEX WITH SOUTHWEST FLOW CONTINUING TO ENCROACH ON WESTERN NEW MEXICO. MOISTURE WILL PLUME NORTHWARD AND SHIFT SHOWER FOCUS TO CENTRAL AND WEST...WITH GOOD CHANCES FOR MORE WIDESPREAD SOLID RAINFALL FOR THE DAY ACROSS THE HEART OF THE STATE. EASTERLY BREEZES CONTINUING OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS...WITH DIRECTIONS PICKING UP MORE SOUTHERLY COMPONENT HEADING WESTWARD. STEADY TEMPERATURE TRENDS. FOR SUNDAY...ACTIVE CONVECTION AND GOOD CHANCES FOR HEAVIER RAINS AS RIDGE CORE REMAINS OVER EAST TEXAS...AND MOISTURE PLUMES PUSH NORTHWARD ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. HEAVIEST RAINFALL EXPECTED OVER THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN MOUNTAINS...AND ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. SURFACE WINDS VEERING TO SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST AS SURFACE LOW SETS UP OVER CENTRAL ARIZONA UNDER DOWNSTREAM LIMB OF PERSISTENT WEST COAST TROUGH. HEIGHT FALLS UNDER THE NEARBY TROUGH WILL HELP EASE MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES A FEW DEGREES LOWER...WITH MOST SPOTS RUNNING NORMAL OR A FEW DEGREES BELOW FOR MUCH OF THE STATE. OUTLOOK...MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY...RIDGE CORE RETURNING TO CENTRAL TEXAS MONDAY...AND DRIFTING TO THE SOUTHWEST BOOT HEEL AND SOUTHEAST ARIZONA BY MIDWEEK. ACTION WILL ALLOW SOME NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT TO CLIP THE NORTHEAST PLAINS...AND PLACE THE REST OF THE STATE IN RECYCLE MODE WITH WIDESPREAD SHOWER COVERAGE EACH DAY. THUNDERSTORM FOCUS WILL BE NORTH AND WEST MONDAY AND TUESDAY WITH COVERAGE ALONG THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...WITH COVERAGE INCLUDING THE EAST BY WEDNESDAY. SOUTHWEST WINDS GRADUALLY BACKING TO THE SOUTH THROUGH WEDNESDAY AS THERMAL LOW STRENGTHENS OVER THE COLORADO RIVER VALLEY. SHY && .FIRE WEATHER... VAST MAJORITY OF SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY CONTINUES FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAIN CREST EASTWARD OUT ONTO THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND NORTHEAST PLAINS. THIS AREA EXPECTED TO REMAIN ACTIVE TO VERY ACTIVE LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. ONLY ISOLATED...MAINLY LIGHT SHOWERS ARE POSSIBLE ELSEWHERE THROUGH THIS EVENING AS DRY AIR CONTINUES TO WORK IN FROM THE WEST AND NORTHWEST. THE RAIN COOLED AIR MASS GENERATED BY ALL THE MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN OVER THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS WILL PUSH SOUTHWESTWARD OVERNIGHT...BRINGING MOISTURE BACK INTO CENTRAL AND WESTERN NM FRIDAY MORNING. SCATTERED ACTIVITY WILL RETURN TO MOST MOUNTAIN AREAS FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MODERATE WESTERLIES WILL PUSH THE STORMS EASTWARD OUT OVER THE LOWER ELEVATIONS. THE MOISTURE INCREASE...HOWEVER...IS NOT EXPECTED TO MAKE IT INTO THE NW PLATEAU WITH LITTLE CHANCE FOR STORMS THERE. VERY ACTIVE WEEKEND IN STORE AS A STRONGER PUSH OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE MOVES WESTWARD ONCE AGAIN FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY MORNING. THIS SECOND...STRONGER...PUSH WILL MAKE IT TO THE AZ BORDER AND INTO FAR NW NM. SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS ACTIVITY EXPECTED SATURDAY AFTERNOON WITH MAINLY SCATTERED ACTIVITY SUNDAY. VERY GOOD TO EXCELLENT OVERNIGHT RELATIVE HUMIDITY RECOVERIES EXPECTED THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK. VENTILATION RATES REMAIN IN THE FAIR TO VERY GOOD RANGE FRIDAY...TRENDING DOWNWARD FOR THE WEEKEND AND THEN BACK UP FOR EARLY NEXT WEEK. 33 && .AVIATION... 18Z TAF CYCLE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR NORTH-CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WITH ISOLATED COVERAGE ELSEWHERE. THE STRONGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE DOWNPOURS CAPABLE OF REDUCING VISIBILITIES/CEILINGS BRIEFLY. CONVECTIVE COMPLEX OVER NORTHEAST NM/SOUTHEAST CO WILL SEND A RAIN COOLED AIR MASS SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE PLAINS AND THROUGH THE CANYONS OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN LATE THIS EVENING. LIGHT TO MODERATE EAST/SOUTHEAST WINDS ARE EXPECTED AT KSAF AND KABQ AROUND 06Z. 33 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... FARMINGTON...................... 56 88 60 87 / 10 20 30 30 DULCE........................... 47 83 50 81 / 20 20 40 40 CUBA............................ 51 82 52 81 / 10 20 40 40 GALLUP.......................... 48 85 54 83 / 5 20 20 30 EL MORRO........................ 47 81 51 78 / 10 30 30 40 GRANTS.......................... 50 84 54 79 / 10 30 30 40 QUEMADO......................... 51 84 55 80 / 10 20 20 40 GLENWOOD........................ 57 90 58 84 / 5 20 20 40 CHAMA........................... 43 77 47 73 / 20 30 40 40 LOS ALAMOS...................... 53 81 56 79 / 10 30 40 40 PECOS........................... 52 78 53 76 / 20 30 40 40 CERRO/QUESTA.................... 46 78 49 75 / 30 30 40 40 RED RIVER....................... 43 71 44 68 / 40 40 40 50 ANGEL FIRE...................... 44 74 47 73 / 30 40 50 40 TAOS............................ 48 80 51 77 / 20 20 40 40 MORA............................ 49 74 50 74 / 30 30 50 40 ESPANOLA........................ 54 85 56 83 / 20 20 40 40 SANTA FE........................ 53 81 55 79 / 20 20 40 40 SANTA FE AIRPORT................ 55 85 56 81 / 20 20 40 40 ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS........... 61 87 64 82 / 10 20 30 30 ALBUQUERQUE HEIGHTS............. 64 89 66 84 / 5 20 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE VALLEY.............. 60 89 63 86 / 5 20 20 30 ALBUQUERQUE WEST MESA........... 62 90 62 84 / 5 20 30 30 LOS LUNAS....................... 62 91 63 86 / 5 20 20 20 RIO RANCHO...................... 64 89 64 84 / 5 20 30 30 SOCORRO......................... 66 93 65 91 / 5 20 20 20 SANDIA PARK/CEDAR CREST......... 57 85 59 81 / 10 30 40 40 TIJERAS......................... 59 86 61 82 / 10 20 40 40 MORIARTY/ESTANCIA............... 55 83 57 81 / 10 30 40 30 CLINES CORNERS.................. 55 79 56 78 / 20 30 40 30 GRAN QUIVIRA.................... 57 84 58 82 / 10 20 30 30 CARRIZOZO....................... 61 87 63 85 / 10 20 30 20 RUIDOSO......................... 59 79 57 76 / 20 30 40 30 CAPULIN......................... 50 75 52 78 / 40 30 30 30 RATON........................... 52 79 53 81 / 30 30 30 30 SPRINGER........................ 52 78 53 80 / 30 20 30 30 LAS VEGAS....................... 51 78 52 78 / 20 30 40 30 CLAYTON......................... 57 81 57 85 / 60 20 20 20 ROY............................. 55 80 57 83 / 30 20 30 20 CONCHAS......................... 61 86 62 86 / 20 20 30 20 SANTA ROSA...................... 62 87 63 86 / 20 20 40 20 TUCUMCARI....................... 63 88 64 89 / 20 20 40 20 CLOVIS.......................... 62 87 62 89 / 20 20 40 20 PORTALES........................ 63 88 64 90 / 20 20 40 10 FORT SUMNER..................... 65 90 65 89 / 20 20 40 20 ROSWELL......................... 69 94 69 93 / 10 20 40 20 PICACHO......................... 64 88 62 87 / 10 30 40 20 ELK............................. 61 84 60 82 / 10 40 50 30 && .ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... NONE. && SHY
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 6:00 AM MDT, 10 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 NMZ501>540-091200- 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 THU AUG 8 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND STORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE MOST LIKELY OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. RECENT WILD FIRE BURN SCARS IN THESE AREAS OF NEW MEXICO WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN UNION AND QUAY COUNTIES WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING...WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FLOODING OR ANY SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
111 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013
NMZ511-517-518-082000-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
111 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RIO
ARRIBA...NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE...EXTREME EASTERN SANDOVAL AND
SOUTHEASTERN LOS ALAMOS COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM MDT...
AT 106 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR WHITE ROCK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
LOS ALAMOS...MOVING SLIGHTLY SOUTH OF DUE EAST AT 15 MPH.
HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN.
AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...WHITE ROCK...SAN ILDEFONSO
PUEBLO...EL RANCHO...JACONITA AND CUYAMUNGUE.
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
&&
LAT...LON 3585 10594 3563 10606 3580 10627 3591 10626
3594 10618
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 285DEG 12KT 3582 10617
43Special weather statement, Aug 8, 1:23 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 123 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 NMZ515-528-529-082015- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS- 123 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MORA AND NORTHERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM MDT... AT 118 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALMORA...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAGON MOUND...MOVING SOUTHEAST 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...WATROUS...VALMORA AND SHOEMAKER. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES. DO NOT CROSS WATER OF UNKNOWN DEPTH. && LAT...LON 3591 10459 3564 10482 3586 10513 3602 10503 TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 301DEG 16KT 3589 10496 43 43
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 2:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
233 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013
NMZ527-528-531-082115-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-HARDING COUNTY-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
233 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX AND
NORTHWESTERN HARDING COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM MDT...
AT 231 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ABBOTT...OR ABOUT 18 MILES EAST OF
SPRINGER...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 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...ABBOTT AND MILLS.
HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST
RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES.
THIS STORM IS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
PERSONS IN THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION.
&&
LAT...LON 3621 10401 3618 10401 3617 10398 3602 10428
3634 10442 3643 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2033Z 322DEG 10KT 3632 10427
43
43Special weather statement, Aug 8, 3:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 344 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 NMZ532-533-082230- EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY- 344 PM MDT THU AUG 8 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM MDT... AT 342 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR VARIADERO...OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF SANTA ROSA...MOVING EAST AT 25 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...VARIADERO...CONCHAS DAM... CONCHAS LAKE STATE PARK...CONCHAS AND NEWKIRK. HEAVY RAINS WILL CAUSE WATER TO POND ON ROADS AND IN LOW SPOTS. FAST RUNNING WATER WILL QUICKLY FILL ARROYOS AND DITCHES. THIS STORM IS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER... PERSONS IN THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION. && LAT...LON 3538 10404 3503 10420 3525 10468 3547 10459 TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 288DEG 20KT 3536 10452 43 43
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 4:43 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 7, 6:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 54 min |
| 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, 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
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