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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2013, 4:37 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 23 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 7, 2013, 4:37 PM MDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2013, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County De Baca County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:39 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -205 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 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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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 7, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 7, 3:29 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 600 AM MDT WED AUG 7 2013 NMZ501>540-081200- 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 WED AUG 7 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT THROUGH TONIGHT FOR ROUGHTLY THE NORTHERN THIRD OF NEW MEXICO...WHERE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING. NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO AS WELL AS RECENT WILD FIRE BURN SCARS WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING DUE IN PART TO ALREADY SATURATED GROUND FROM RECENT RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AREAS WEST OF THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE ARE EXPECTED TO DRY OUT THURSDAY...WHILE THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN AND NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL PLAINS WILL BE THE FOCUS AREAS FOR HEAVY RAINFALL FROM THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS AGAIN OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 2:16 PM MDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 216 PM MDT WED AUG 7 2013 NMZ515-527-528-072045- EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA- 216 PM MDT WED AUG 7 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT... AT 212 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MAXWELL...OR ABOUT 18 MILES NORTH OF SPRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RATON CREWS AIRPORT. 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 3686 10468 3670 10429 3654 10459 3662 10480 TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 215DEG 13KT 3663 10468 SHY
Special weather statement, Aug 7, 3:11 PM MDT, 1 hour 26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 8 min |
| Aug 6, 6:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Juan | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 6:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 7, 11:53 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley, Sandoval | 112 min |
| Aug 7, 11:58 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Taos | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 12:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 40 min |
| Aug 7, 12:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 36 min |
| Aug 7, 12:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 55 min |
| Aug 7, 1:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 1:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 31 min |
| Aug 7, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 29 min |
| Aug 7, 3:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, Taos | 118 min |
| Aug 7, 3:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 49 min |
| Aug 7, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 3:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 110 min |
| Aug 7, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 37 min |
| Aug 7, 4:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Juan | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 4:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 113 min |
| Aug 7, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 23 min |
| Aug 7, 5:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 35 min |
| Aug 7, 5:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min | |
| Aug 7, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 66 min |
| Aug 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 7, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
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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.