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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 9, 2014Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2014, 4:46 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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: Oct 9, 2014, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired: Oct 9, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 9, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -340 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2106 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 17 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 Oct 9, 4:35 PM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 4:35 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 6:13 AM MDT, 10 hours 33 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
613 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

NMZ501>540-101200-
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-
613 AM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLOW MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL APPROACH THE
FOUR CORNERS TODAY...THEN MOVE OVER NORTHERN NEW MEXICO TONIGHT.
A QUARTER TO THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH OF RAIN IS EXPECTED MAINLY
OVER THE CONTINENTAL DIVIDE REGION TODAY...THEN AGAIN FROM THE SAN
JUAN MOUNTAINS EASTWARD ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST AREAS
TONIGHT. HIGHER AMOUNTS AROUND 1 INCH WILL BE POSSIBLY EAST OF THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS OVERNIGHT...WHERE THE POTENTIAL EXISTS
FOR MINOR FLOODING TO DEVELOP. IN ADDITION...AROUND 1 OR 2 INCHES
OF SNOW ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED ACROSS THE HIGHER PEAKS OF THE
SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TODAY AND AGAIN TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

ANOTHER INCH OR TWO OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER THE HIGHER PEAKS
OF THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS FRIDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
FURTHER...THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LINGER
THROUGH FRIDAY MORNING FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS
EASTWARD WITH MINOR FLOODING POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND ANY FLOODING
THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT
WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 9, 12:53 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 9, 3:48 PM MDT, 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 9, 4:45 PM MDT, 1 minute before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 9, 12:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	37 min
Oct 9, 2:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	46 min
Oct 9, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	38 min
Oct 9, 5:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	112 min
Oct 9, 5:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	60 min
Oct 9, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	33 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2014 Every 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.