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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2013Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2013, 7:13 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 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 12, 2013, 7:13 PM MDT (01:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2013, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Torrance County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 12, 5:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 5:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 12, 5:35 AM MDT, 13 hours 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
535 AM MDT WED JUN 12 2013

NMZ501>540-131200-
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-
535 AM MDT WED JUN 12 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...
ON THURSDAY...SEVERAL AFTERNOON HOURS OF CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER
CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO GUSTY
WINDS AND LOW HUMIDITIES.

ON FRIDAY...AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL
EXPAND ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL AND EASTERN NEW MEXICO. SOME STORMS
WILL PRODUCE GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL HAIL ALONG WITH LOCAL DOWNPOURS
THROUGH FRIDAY EVENING.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

SHY

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 10:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora30 min
Jun 13, 1:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Mora, Taos111 min
Jun 13, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora, Taos66 min
Jun 13, 5:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo27 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.