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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 16, 2013Chaves County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2013, 9:17 PM MDT for Chaves County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 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 16, 2013, 9:17 PM MDT (03:17 UTC)
Expired: Jun 16, 2013, 10:00 PM MDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Chaves County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 255 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: 1926 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -101 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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 16, 5:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 5:46 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 16, 6:05 AM MDT, 15 hours 12 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
605 AM MDT SUN JUN 16 2013

NMZ501>540-171200-
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-
605 AM MDT SUN JUN 16 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON MAY PRODUCE
GUSTY WINDS...SOME HAIL...AND LOCAL DOWNPOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NEAR THE TEXAS BORDER MAY PRODUCE
HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS MONDAY AND TUESDAY AFTERNOON.

WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY...LOCALIZED CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER IS
POSSIBLE NEAR THE ARIZONA BORDER...AND OVER THE EASTERN SLOPES AND
ADJACENT PLAINS OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO RANGE AND CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

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

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...MEASURED WIND
SPEEDS...WIND IMPACTS...AND OBSERVED HAIL SIZES THROUGH THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

SHY

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 5:55 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:17 PM MDT, 3 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 6:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 7:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:04 PM MDT, 13 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 16, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	28 min
Jun 16, 6:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	25 min
Jun 16, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jun 16, 9:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		41 min
Jun 16, 9:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	61 min
Jun 17, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Otero	23 min
Jun 17, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	37 min
Jun 17, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	37 min
Jun 17, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
Jun 17, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jun 17, 3:11 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more	24 hr
Jun 17, 3:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	62 min
Jun 17, 3:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	25 min
Jun 17, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	31 min
Jun 17, 3:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	42 min
Jun 17, 3:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
Jun 17, 4:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	66 min
Jun 17, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
Jun 17, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	27 min
Jun 17, 4:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	24 min
Jun 17, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	24 min
Jun 17, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	60 min
Jun 17, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	55 min
Jun 17, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	36 min
Jun 17, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	31 min
Jun 17, 5:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		24 min
Jun 17, 5:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jun 17, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, Quay	27 min
Jun 17, 5:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, Quay	35 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.