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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 18, 2013Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2013, 2:24 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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 18, 2013, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2013, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

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 18, 1:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 247 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: 51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -320 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 194 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 18, 12:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 18, 5:48 AM MDT, 8 hours 36 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
548 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

NMZ501>540-191200-
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-
548 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE EASTERN
SLOPES OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS AND THE CENTRAL HIGHLANDS
...EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALTHOUGH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CAN NOT BE RULED OUT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF
CENTRAL AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING. MORE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE
THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS WELL...BUT ACROSS A SMALLER
PORTION OF THE AREA.

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
NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO DUE TO THE THREAT FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 11:27 AM MDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1127 AM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0716 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 ENE TUCUMCARI         35.21N 103.61W
06/17/2013  M77 MPH          QUAY               NM   ASOS

            KTCC ASOS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1301166

GUYER

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:48 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
148 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

NMZ527-182015-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
148 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN COLFAX COUNTY THROUGH
215 PM MDT...

AT 148 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES WEST OF RATON...MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
COLFAX COUNTY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3700 10451 3688 10452 3678 10470 3699 10504
      3701 10500 3700 10463 3701 10458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1948Z 285DEG 11KT 3694 10479

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Special weather statement, Jun 18, 2:18 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
218 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

NMZ527-528-182045-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
218 PM MDT TUE JUN 18 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN COLFAX COUNTY THROUGH
245 PM MDT...

AT 218 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES WEST OF RATON...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHERN
COLFAX COUNTY.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3688 10453 3678 10465 3693 10489 3700 10488
      3701 10461 3700 10457
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 282DEG 9KT 3694 10478

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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 17, 6:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	111 min
Jun 17, 6:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	29 min
Jun 17, 7:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	37 min
Jun 17, 7:41 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Harding, Quay, San Miguel	109 min
Jun 18, 1:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
Jun 18, 2:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
Jun 18, 3:20 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more	24 hr
Jun 18, 3:20 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more	29 hr
Jun 18, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	62 min
Jun 18, 4:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	36 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.