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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 19, 2013Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Sep 19, 2013, 4:21 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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: Sep 19, 2013, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 19, 2013, 5:00 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 334 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: 269 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -256 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.4

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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 Sep 19, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 19, 2:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 19, 5:00 AM MDT, 11 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
500 AM MDT THU SEP 19 2013

NMZ501>540-201200-
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-
500 AM MDT THU SEP 19 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ACROSS THE EAST CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST PLAINS
TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL
ACROSS NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY.

OTHERWISE...NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.
HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 19, 12:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1243 PM MDT THU SEP 19 2013

NMZ527-528-191915-
FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
1243 PM MDT THU SEP 19 2013

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

AT 1242 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR RATON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...RATON...SUGARITE CANYON STATE
PARK...SUGARITE AND RATON CREWS AIRPORT.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF...BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON THE HIGHWAYS AS THIS STORM MOVES THROUGH THE
AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3687 10411 3662 10455 3694 10466 3701 10451
      3700 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 311DEG 7KT 3691 10450

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Local storm report, Sep 19, 1:06 PM MDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 19, 4:21 PM MDT, 0 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
Sep 18, 6:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Socorro	3 hr
Sep 18, 6:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	31 min
Sep 18, 7:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia	6 hr
Sep 18, 7:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	6 hr
Sep 18, 7:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	107 min
Sep 18, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	27 min
Sep 18, 8:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	118 min
Sep 19, 12:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	3 hr
Sep 19, 12:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	32 min
Sep 19, 2:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Sep 19, 3:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	113 min
Sep 19, 4:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Sep 19, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	66 min
Sep 19, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	39 min
Sep 19, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	46 min
Sep 19, 5:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	112 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.