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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 9, 2014Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 9, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Oct 9, 2014, 5:30 PM MDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2014, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Union County, NM

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Oct 9, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 224 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-10-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2014-10-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -8 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 092330
SVRABQ
NMC059-100030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0252.141009T2330Z-141010T0030Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 630 PM MDT

* AT 528 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
  DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...OR ABOUT 33 MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL EXTREME NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AVOID WINDOWS.

REPORT SEVERE WEATHER TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORECAST 
OFFICE IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3677 10300 3680 10336 3695 10337 3702 10302
      3701 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 265DEG 15KT 3692 10307

$$

SHOEMAKE
3 follow-up statements
363 
WWUS55 KABQ 092353
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
553 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

NMC059-100030-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-141010T0030Z/
UNION NM-
553 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...

AT 551 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO
INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED OVER NORTHWESTERN CIMARRON COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH
OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE
IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...AND DEADLY CLOUD
TO GROUND LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3677 10300 3680 10336 3702 10302 3701 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2353Z 265DEG 15KT 3693 10295

$$

SHOEMAKE
564 
WWUS55 KABQ 100022
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
622 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

NMC059-100030-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-141010T0030Z/
UNION NM-
622 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...

AT 618 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS REPORTED CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
 THIS STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...OR
ABOUT 27 MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RURAL UNION COUNTY NEAR THE OKLAHOMA LINE

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

&&

LAT...LON 3680 10318 3695 10303 3695 10300 3677 10300
      3678 10311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 265DEG 15KT 3682 10301

$$
402 
WWUS55 KABQ 100030
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
630 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

NMC059-100040-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-141010T0030Z/
UNION NM-
630 PM MDT THU OCT 9 2014

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EXTREME NORTHEASTERN UNION
COUNTY HAS EXPIRED...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT HEAVY RAINS...
SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE STILL POSSIBLE FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT
FRIDAY MORNING FOR NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3680 10318 3695 10303 3695 10300 3677 10300
      3678 10311
TIME...MOT...LOC 0022Z 265DEG 15KT 3682 10301

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 12:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia37 min
Oct 9, 2:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax46 min
Oct 9, 4:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion38 min
Oct 9, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion44 min
Oct 9, 5:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion112 min
Oct 9, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay33 min

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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.