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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 170, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 30, 20144 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2014, 4:53 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 52 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 30, 2014, 4:53 PM MDT (22:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 2014, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 317 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 898 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 75 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
898 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-474 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1485 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
161 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 30, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 30, 5:31 AM MDT, 11 hours 22 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
531 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

NMZ501>540-011200-
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-
531 AM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THE PROBABILITY FOR WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS LOW. HOWEVER...
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP TODAY...AND MOST WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY STRONG AND GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS IN
EXCESS OF 50 MPH.

BY TONIGHT...A VIGOROUS BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE
EASTERN PLAINS AND EVENTUALLY INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. SOME
STRONG WIND GUSTS AS HIGH AS 40 TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE ALONG
AND BEHIND THE FRONT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME MUCH MORE NUMEROUS TUESDAY
AND WEDNESDAY IN THE WAKE OF THE AFOREMENTIONED BACK DOOR COLD
FRONT. SOME SLOW-MOVING THUNDERSTORMS COULD PRODUCE LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL IN SOME AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY STRONG WIND GUSTS TO THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637 OR VIA
THE WEB AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ. YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT WEATHER REPORTS OR
PHOTOS TO THE ALBUQUERQUE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FACEBOOK PAGE
OR VIA TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG N M W X.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:41 PM MDT, 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
441 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

NMZ533>537-302315-
CURRY COUNTY-DE BACA COUNTY-GUADALUPE COUNTY-QUAY COUNTY-ROOSEVELT
COUNTY-
441 PM MDT MON JUN 30 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT...
SOUTHWESTERN QUAY...EXTREME EASTERN GUADALUPE...NORTHEASTERN DE BACA
AND WESTERN CURRY COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM MDT...

AT 440 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED  A
STRONG OUTFLOW BOUNDARY FROM THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING
FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF RAGLAND TO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
HOUSE...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS OUTFLOW BOUNDARY.

AREAS AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS INCLUDE...RAGLAND...HOUSE...FORREST
AND MCALISTER.

BLOWING DUST ASSOCIATED WITH STRONG THUNDERSTORM WINDS CAN REDUCE
VISIBILITIES BELOW ONE MILE AT TIMES.

&&

LAT...LON 3469 10335 3452 10367 3452 10418 3488 10418
      3498 10359
TIME...MOT...LOC 2241Z 316DEG 8KT 3489 10362 3479 10404

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry34 min
Jun 30, 5:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry25 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.