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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 5, 2014Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2014, 3:26 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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: Aug 5, 2014, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2014, 4:00 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Amarillo radar (KAMA), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

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

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 4, 5:38 PM MDT, 21 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 4, 5:38 PM MDT, 21 hours 48 minutes 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
Aug 4, 6:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	90 min
Aug 4, 6:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	92 min
Aug 4, 7:07 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	83 min
Aug 4, 7:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	82 min
Aug 4, 9:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	2 hr
Aug 5, 1:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
Aug 5, 1:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	90 min
Aug 5, 2:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
Aug 5, 2:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	95 min
Aug 5, 3:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	88 min
Aug 5, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	32 min
Aug 5, 4:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Taos	88 min
Aug 5, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	45 min
Aug 5, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	52 min
Aug 5, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	114 min
Aug 5, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.