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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 11, 2014, 1:58 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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
- Sep 11, 2014, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 11, 2014, 2:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
County Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 11, 11:44 AM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 11, 11:44 AM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 11, 5:50 AM MDT, 8 hours 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 550 AM MDT THU SEP 11 2014 NMZ501>540-121200- 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- 550 AM MDT THU SEP 11 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT PATCHY FOG WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS MORNING ALONG THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. ISOLATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF THE EAST. OTHERWISE...A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL PUSH INTO NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO TONIGHT...LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WIDESPREAD LOW CLOUDS AND PATCHY FOG WILL STRETCH FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY MORNING BEFORE LIFTING. HIGHS OVER THE EAST ON FRIDAY WILL BE NEARLY 20 TO 30 DEGREES BELOW AVERAGE BEFORE MODERATING OVER THE WEEKEND. GUSTY EAST WINDS TO AROUND 40 OR 45 MPH WILL BLOW INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY IMPACTING THE ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE METRO AREAS FRIDAY AND FRIDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL...HAIL...OR GUSTY THUNDERSTORM WINDS TO THE ALBUQUERQUE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. SPOTTERS CAN ALSO POST REPORTS AND WEATHER PHOTOS TO OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR VIA TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG N M W X.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 11, 12:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
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</html>Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:22 PM MDT, 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 122 PM MDT THU SEP 11 2014 NMZ526-539-112000- EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS- 122 PM MDT THU SEP 11 2014 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN LINCOLN COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM MDT... AT 118 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALTO...OR ABOUT 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF RUIDOSO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. AREAS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...CAPITAN...SMOKEY BEAR HISTORICAL PARK...FORT STANTON...GLENCOE...LINCOLN STATE MONUMENT... LINCOLN...SAN PATRICIO AND ANGUS. 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 3346 10573 3364 10544 3341 10527 3330 10563 TIME...MOT...LOC 1923Z 242DEG 8KT 3342 10559 40
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 10, 7:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 34 min |
| Sep 10, 10:42 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 93 min |
| Sep 11, 12:15 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Sep 11, 12:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 33 min |
| Sep 11, 12:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance | 112 min |
| Sep 11, 1:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 30 min |
| Sep 11, 1:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Sep 11, 2:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 30 min |
| Sep 11, 2:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 92 min |
| Sep 11, 2:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 27 min |
| Sep 11, 2:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 25 min |
| Sep 11, 2:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 118 min |
| Sep 11, 3:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 116 min |
| Sep 11, 3:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 88 min |
| Sep 11, 4:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 38 min |
| Sep 11, 4:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Socorro | 87 min |
| Sep 11, 4:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, Socorro, Torrance | 92 min |
| Sep 11, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 28 min |
| Sep 11, 5:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora | 113 min |
| Sep 11, 5:26 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Mora | 2 hr |
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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.