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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 2, 2013Chaves County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2013, 9:04 PM MDT for Chaves County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 56 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: Jun 2, 2013, 9:04 PM MDT (03:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 2, 2013, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 2, 5:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 270 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3007 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 218 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 Jun 2, 8:16 PM MDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 8:16 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 2, 6:00 AM MDT, 15 hours 4 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT SUN JUN 2 2013

NMZ501>540-031200-
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 SUN JUN 2 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PORTIONS CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW
MEXICO...MAINLY SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN FROM
THUNDERSTORMS MAY IMPACT PREVIOUS YEARS BURN SCARS IN LINCOLN COUNTY
INCLUDING THE LITTLE BEAR AND DONALDSON. ISOLATED DRY THUNDERSTORMS
WITH GUSTY WINDS AND LIGHTING ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING MAINLY FROM THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE WESTWARD.

AREAS OF SMOKE FROM THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NEAR TERERRO AND THE
THOMPSON RIDGE FIRE NORTH OF JEMEZ SPRINGS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO 3 MILES OR LESS AND IMPACT AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AREAS OF SMOKE FROM THE TRES LAGUNAS FIRE NEAR TERERRO AND THE
THOMPSON RIDGE FIRE NORTH OF JEMEZ SPRINGS MAY REDUCE VISIBILITIES
TO 3 MILES OR LESS AND IMPACT AIR QUALITY IN THE VICINITY.

SPOTTY CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE IN THE EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

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 FOR
LINCOLN...CHAVES...DE BACA...GUADALUPE...AND TORRANCE COUNTIES DUE
TO THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 2, 7:10 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:24 PM MDT, 40 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 8:45 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 8:46 PM MDT, 18 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
Jun 2, 6:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	57 min
Jun 2, 6:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	41 min
Jun 2, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	20 min
Jun 2, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	59 min
Jun 2, 8:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	28 min
Jun 2, 8:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	28 min
Jun 2, 8:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	51 min
Jun 2, 8:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	51 min
Jun 2, 8:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	49 min
Jun 2, 8:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	45 min
Jun 2, 8:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	63 min
Jun 2, 9:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	66 min
Jun 2, 9:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	49 min
Jun 2, 10:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	25 min
Jun 2, 10:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	35 min
Jun 2, 10:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	37 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.