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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2013, 3:10 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 2013, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2013, 3:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County Sandoval County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 76 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 227 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -96 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 15 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 2, 3:00 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 3:00 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 437 AM MDT FRI AUG 2 2013 NMZ501>540-031130- 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- 437 AM MDT FRI AUG 2 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP IN A SWATH FROM THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS NORTHEASTWARD TO THE NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS AND PLAINS. ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ELSEWHERE. SLOW STEERING LEVEL FLOW WILL ALLOW FOR LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND THE POSSIBILITY OF FLASH FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EACH AFTERNOON AND EVENING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WILL TREND DOWN SLIGHTLY SATURDAY BEFORE INCREASING SUNDAY AS A BACKDOOR FRONT PUSHES IN. WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS... WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 33
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 1:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 146 PM MDT FRI AUG 2 2013 NMZ508-520-022015- LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS- 146 PM MDT FRI AUG 2 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM MDT... AT 142 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF ESCONDIDA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF SOCORRO. THIS STORM WAS NEARLY STATIONARY. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...ESCONDIDA. 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 3410 10685 3400 10706 3412 10712 3419 10699 TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 331DEG 1KT 3410 10700 SHY
Special weather statement, Aug 2, 2:29 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 1, 6:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 45 min |
| Aug 1, 7:15 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 90 min |
| Aug 1, 7:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia | 89 min |
| Aug 2, 1:24 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 1:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 117 min |
| Aug 2, 1:55 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 95 min |
| Aug 2, 2:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 3:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola | 114 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 112 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 114 min |
| Aug 2, 4:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 2 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:24 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
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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.