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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 218, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 11, 2014Torrance County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2014-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 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
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

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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 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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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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Special weather statement, Sep 11, 1:15 PM MDT, 43 minutes before
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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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 10, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel34 min
Sep 10, 10:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel93 min
Sep 11, 12:15 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel2 hr
Sep 11, 12:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance33 min
Sep 11, 12:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro, Torrance112 min
Sep 11, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance30 min
Sep 11, 1:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln38 min
Sep 11, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln30 min
Sep 11, 2:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance92 min
Sep 11, 2:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln27 min
Sep 11, 2:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln25 min
Sep 11, 2:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln118 min
Sep 11, 3:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance116 min
Sep 11, 3:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel88 min
Sep 11, 4:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance38 min
Sep 11, 4:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro87 min
Sep 11, 4:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Socorro, Torrance92 min
Sep 11, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora28 min
Sep 11, 5:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora113 min
Sep 11, 5:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora2 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.