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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 25, 2014Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2014, 2:53 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 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 25, 2014, 2:53 PM MDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 25, 2014, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-06-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-06-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3425 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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 25, 11:27 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 11:27 AM MDT, 3 hours 26 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 25, 5:21 AM MDT, 9 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
521 AM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

NMZ501>540-261200-
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-
521 AM MDT WED JUN 25 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING ACROSS THE NORTHEAST PLAINS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREATS...ALTHOUGH LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS BETWEEN 1 AND 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

HOT...DRY AND UNSTABLE CONDITIONS WILL CREATE A CRITICAL FIRE
WEATHER SCENARIO ON THURSDAY ACROSS THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST
MOUNTAINS/HIGHLANDS. CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FORECAST
ON FRIDAY...BUT WITH MORE WIND AND THE POTENTIAL FOR RED FLAG
CONDITIONS.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING FOR
THE NORTHEAST PLAINS DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 25, 1:20 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 24, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax35 min
Jun 24, 7:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax29 min
Jun 24, 7:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax29 min
Jun 25, 5:38 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding37 min
Jun 25, 1:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ25 min
Jun 25, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln28 min
Jun 25, 3:18 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQCibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan23 hr
Jun 25, 4:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln82 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2014Every 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.