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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 13, 2014Curry County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2014, 5:57 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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 13, 2014, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 13, 1:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 245 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: 117 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -289 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1870 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 154 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 13, 5:28 PM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:28 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 5:48 AM MDT, 12 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
548 AM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

NMZ501>540-141200-
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 FRI JUN 13 2014

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 THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. THE MAIN THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL
OF ONE INCH OR GREATER AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH OR HIGHER. AN
ISOLATED TORNADO CANNOT BE RULED OUT. THE MAIN RISK AREA IS FROM
ROSWELL TO CAPULIN AND DES MOINES...EAST TO THE TEXAS BORDER. THE
MOST LIKELY TIME FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER IS FROM 200 PM TO 900 PM
MDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 1100 AM TO 800 PM MDT FOR ALL
OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO EXCEPT THE NORTHEAST AND EAST
CENTRAL PLAINS. LOW HUMIDITIES COMBINED WITH STRONG WINDS WILL
CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED BETWEEN 200 PM AND 900 PM MDT
ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS DUE TO LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

40

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 4:40 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
440 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

NMZ532-533-132315-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-
440 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN SAN MIGUEL AND NORTHERN
GUADALUPE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM MDT...

AT 436 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES NORTH OF COLONIAS...OR ABOUT 19 MILES
NORTH OF SANTA ROSA...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...VARIADERO.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3505 10442 3511 10495 3528 10497 3533 10482
      3532 10479 3534 10479 3546 10445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 266DEG 19KT 3520 10478

SHOEMAKE

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:10 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
510 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

NMZ532>534-132345-
EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-
510 PM MDT FRI JUN 13 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL...WESTERN
QUAY AND NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM MDT...

AT 506 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEWKIRK...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SANTA ROSA...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM...ALONG WITH FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...NEWKIRK...CONCHAS LAKE STATE
PARK...CONCHAS AND MONTOYA.

THIS STORM IS NOT PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...
PERSONS IN THE AREA ARE ADVISED TO MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3545 10400 3503 10389 3506 10444 3529 10447
TIME...MOT...LOC 2310Z 265DEG 32KT 3519 10434

SHOEMAKE

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:30 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:37 PM MDT, 20 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 5:51 PM MDT, 6 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 5:56 PM MDT, 1 minute 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
Jun 12, 6:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	44 min
Jun 12, 6:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	31 min
Jun 13, 3:18 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	17 hr
Jun 13, 12:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	24 min
Jun 13, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	34 min
Jun 13, 12:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
Jun 13, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	37 min
Jun 13, 1:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	52 min
Jun 13, 1:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	28 min
Jun 13, 2:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	44 min
Jun 13, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	24 min
Jun 13, 4:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	24 min
Jun 13, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln	29 min
Jun 13, 4:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	35 min
Jun 13, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	44 min
Jun 13, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Jun 13, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel	38 min
Jun 13, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	32 min
Jun 13, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Jun 13, 5:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	24 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2014 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2014

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.