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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 28, 2013Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2013, 7:01 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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 28, 2013, 7:01 PM MDT (01:01 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2013, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 232 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
4237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
232 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
427 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 28, 5:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 5:38 PM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 5:36 AM MDT, 13 hours 25 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
536 AM MDT TUE MAY 28 2013

NMZ501>540-291200-
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-
536 AM MDT TUE MAY 28 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM MDT TO 9 PM MDT FOR ALL
OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO WHERE LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED
WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY DEVELOP ACROSS FAR EASTERN NEW
MEXICO NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING
HOURS. MOVEMENT WILL BE TO THE EAST...SO ANY STORMS THAT DO
DEVELOP WILL QUICKLY MOVE INTO THE TEXAS PANHANDLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM MDT TO 8 PM MDT
WEDNESDAY FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WHERE LOW
HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST ON THURSDAY
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

CONTACT YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AT 911 AND THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE AT 1.888.386.7637 TO REPORT WILDFIRE OUTBREAKS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 28, 4:09 PM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 28, 6:47 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay28 min
May 29, 3:22 AM MDTWind AdvisoryABQ18 hr
May 29, 3:25 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQBernalillo, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 5 more24 hr
May 29, 3:25 PM MDTRed Flag WarningABQBernalillo, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 4 more29 hr

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.