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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 4, 2015De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2015, 8:39 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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: Jun 4, 2015, 8:39 PM MDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 2015, 9:30 PM MDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County De Baca County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 1249 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -100 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2279 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.3

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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 Jun 4, 5:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 5:45 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 5:18 AM MDT, 15 hours 21 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
518 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

NMZ501>540-051200-
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 CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET/RED RIVER-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-UPPER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SANTA FE METRO AREA-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/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-
518 AM MDT THU JUN 4 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING IN QUAY...CURRY...ROOSEVELT AND FAR EASTERN
CHAVES COUNTIES. STRONGER STORMS COULD PRODUCE QUARTER SIZE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE IN UNION AND NORTHEAST COLFAX
COUNTIES...AS WELL AS WESTERN SAN JUAN AND WESTERN MCKINLEY
COUNTIES. STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER
SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS.

SATURDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE FROM THE SANGRE DE CRISTO AND
SANDIA MOUNTAINS WESTWARD TO THE ARIZONA BORDER. STRONGER STORMS
WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 4, 5:17 PM MDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 5:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:26 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 4, 6:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 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
Jun 4, 6:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	23 min
Jun 4, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	34 min
Jun 4, 6:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	35 min
Jun 4, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	9 min
Jun 4, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	50 min
Jun 4, 8:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	33 min
Jun 4, 8:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		26 min
Jun 4, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	48 min
Jun 4, 9:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jun 4, 9:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	30 min
Jun 5, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	32 min
Jun 5, 1:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	23 min
Jun 5, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	40 min
Jun 5, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	51 min
Jun 5, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	43 min
Jun 5, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		34 min
Jun 5, 3:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	42 min
Jun 5, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	18 min
Jun 5, 3:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	25 min
Jun 5, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	43 min
Jun 5, 4:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	25 min
Jun 5, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	38 min
Jun 5, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	34 min
Jun 5, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	40 min
Jun 5, 4:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	26 min
Jun 5, 4:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	38 min
Jun 5, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	25 min
Jun 5, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Jun 5, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	25 min
Jun 5, 5:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	37 min
Jun 5, 5:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	35 min
Jun 5, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jun 5, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	28 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.