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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 8, 2013Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2013, 6:11 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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 8, 2013, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 2013, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Curry County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2013-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-56 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1759 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 8, 5:51 PM MDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 5:51 PM MDT, 20 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 8, 6:00 AM MDT, 12 hours 11 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
600 AM MDT THU AUG 8 2013

NMZ501>540-091200-
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 THU AUG 8 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND STORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WHICH COULD LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING...WILL BE MOST LIKELY OVER THE NORTH CENTRAL AND
NORTHEAST TODAY AND TONIGHT. RECENT WILD FIRE BURN SCARS IN THESE
AREAS OF NEW MEXICO WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO FLASH FLOODING. IN
ADDITION...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER
EASTERN UNION AND QUAY COUNTIES WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN WHICH COULD LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING...WILL BECOME MORE NUMEROUS OVER WESTERN AND NORTHERN
NEW MEXICO FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS...FLOODING OR ANY
SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB
SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

In the hours before

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Special weather statement, Aug 8, 6:11 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe117 min
Aug 9, 1:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos37 min
Aug 9, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo28 min
Aug 9, 2:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe113 min
Aug 9, 2:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe66 min
Aug 9, 2:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Aug 9, 2:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe115 min
Aug 9, 2:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance48 min
Aug 9, 3:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola30 min
Aug 9, 3:01 PM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQ39 hr
Aug 9, 3:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe33 min
Aug 9, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln29 min
Aug 9, 3:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora32 min
Aug 9, 3:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln61 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln, Torrance59 min
Aug 9, 3:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval112 min
Aug 9, 3:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, Socorro60 min
Aug 9, 4:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora64 min
Aug 9, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln43 min
Aug 9, 4:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ40 min
Aug 9, 4:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax40 min
Aug 9, 4:51 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance39 min
Aug 9, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ46 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2013Every special weather statement 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.