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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 22, 2014Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2014, 7:53 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 22 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
Jul 22, 2014, 7:53 PM MDT (01:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2014, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 25 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 389 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 00:00Z on 2014-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 466 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 00:00Z on 2014-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 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
466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2758 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 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 Jul 22, 5:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 5:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:40 AM MDT, 14 hours 13 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
540 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

NMZ501>540-231200-
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-
540 AM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED LATER TODAY THROUGH THE
OVERNIGHT. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL COULD BECOME
HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING...
ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT AND OLDER BURN SCARS. ISOLATED
LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. A FEW STORMS MAY
ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS WESTERN PORTIONS OF NEW MEXICO INCLUDING THE
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. STORM MOTIONS WILL BE SLOW AND RAINFALL COULD
BECOME HEAVY. THIS MAY LEAD TO LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH
FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR RECENT AND OLDER BURN SCARS.
ISOLATED LOCATIONS MAY RECEIVE UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAINFALL. A FEW
STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH.

A DOWNTREND IN THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS FORECAST THURSDAY AND
FRIDAY...BUT ACTIVITY WILL TREND UP BY LATE IN THE WEEKEND AND
INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK WITH A RENEWED THREAT FOR LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY OVER AND NEAR
RECENT AND OLDER BURN SCARS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 22, 2:27 PM MDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
227 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

NMZ511-222115-
JEMEZ MOUNTAINS-
227 PM MDT TUE JUL 22 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING OVER SOUTHERN JEMEZ MOUNTAINS...

AT 223 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND
HAIL ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN DIAMETER 8 MILES EAST
OF JEMEZ PUEBLO. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHWEST AT 5 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ZIA RESERVATION.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3551 10656 3556 10667 3562 10661 3559 10652
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 030DEG 4KT 3558 10660

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Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:17 PM MDT, 3 hours 36 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:02 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 22, 7:31 PM MDT, 22 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 6:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe2 hr
Jul 22, 6:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel29 min
Jul 22, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe24 min
Jul 22, 7:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo28 min
Jul 22, 7:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo29 min
Jul 22, 8:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval55 min
Jul 22, 8:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo88 min
Jul 22, 11:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, San Juan115 min
Jul 23, 1:15 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe2 hr
Jul 23, 1:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel2 hr
Jul 23, 3:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe112 min
Jul 23, 3:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo36 min
Jul 23, 4:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Taos2 hr

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.