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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 190, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 22, 2013Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 22, 2013, 1:23 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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: Sep 22, 2013, 1:23 PM MDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: Sep 22, 2013, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 163 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Sep 22, 11:40 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 304 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: 143 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1807 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 155 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 171 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 Sep 22, 12:25 PM MDT, 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 12:25 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 5:15 AM MDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
515 AM MDT SUN SEP 22 2013

NMZ501>540-231200-
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-
515 AM MDT SUN SEP 22 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO TODAY. HAIL WILL BE
THE PRIMARY THREAT...BUT STRONG WIND GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL.
ALTHOUGH LARGE HAIL CAN NOT BE RULED OUT...ACCUMULATING SMALL
HAIL IS MORE LIKELY. THE FOCUS FOR STORMS WILL SHIFT EAST INTO
THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BETWEEN TAOS...SANTA FE AND ALBUQUERQUE
BETWEEN 5 AND 9 PM MDT.

WINDY TO VERY WINDY CONDITIONS ARE FORECAST THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS
MUCH OF NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR
THE CHUSKA MOUNTAINS AND WEST CENTRAL PLATEAU FROM 1 TO 7 PM MDT.

SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW IS LIKELY ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE
JEMEZ...TUSAS AND SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TONIGHT. NO IMPACTS
FROM SNOW ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

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 MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST NEW
MEXICO DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR HAIL PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 22, 9:03 AM MDT, 4 hours 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 22, 12:47 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 22, 3:49 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		15 hr
Sep 22, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	28 min
Sep 22, 12:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	24 min
Sep 22, 1:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Sep 22, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	31 min
Sep 22, 1:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	50 min
Sep 22, 3:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		45 min
Sep 22, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	30 min
Sep 22, 3:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	28 min
Sep 22, 3:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	50 min
Sep 22, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	30 min
Sep 22, 4:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	40 min
Sep 22, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	29 min
Sep 22, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Sep 22, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	34 min
Sep 22, 5:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	McKinley, San Juan	27 min
Sep 22, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		37 min
Sep 22, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	33 min
Sep 22, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Sep 22, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	24 min
Sep 22, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
Sep 22, 5:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	20 min
Sep 22, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2013 Every 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.