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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 208, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 8, 2015Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2015, 4:42 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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: Jul 8, 2015, 4:42 PM MDT (22:42 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2015, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -9 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 18 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 Jul 8, 4:11 PM MDT, 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 4:11 PM MDT, 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 6:03 AM MDT, 10 hours 39 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
603 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

NMZ501>540-091200-
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-
603 AM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY AND THIS
EVENING. THE STRONGER STORMS WILL BE FOND EAST OF THE CENTRAL
MOUNTAIN CHAIN WHERE STRONG DOWNBURST WINDS...HAIL...AND HEAVY
DOWNPOURS WILL BE MOST LIKELY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER MUCH OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO THURSDAY AND FRIDAY WITH STORMS
SHIFTING TOWARD CENTRAL TO WESTERN AREAS BY THE WEEKEND. ANY
STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL...AND
GUSTY DOWNBURST WINDS.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST
FORECASTS...WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT RAINFALL AMOUNTS THROUGH THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ
OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. YOU CAN ALSO SUBMIT STORM REPORTS
AND PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR VIA TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG N
M W X.

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 8, 3:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
306 PM MDT WED JUL 08 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0150 PM     HAIL             5 N LAMY                35.55N 105.86W
07/08/2015  M1.00 INCH       SANTA FE           NM   COCORAHS

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502323

TRM

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
307 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

NMZ530-082130-
UNION COUNTY-
307 PM MDT WED JUL 8 2015

...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...

AT 306 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER AND TO THE NORTHWEST OF CLAYTON...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
THE CLAYTON AREA.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3650 10304 3624 10304 3639 10338 3664 10317
      3655 10300 3650 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 2106Z 297DEG 32KT 3645 10319

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:08 PM MDT, 34 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:13 PM MDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 4:14 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 8, 4:15 PM MDT, 27 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
Jul 7, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	27 min
Jul 7, 6:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	29 min
Jul 7, 9:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola	89 min
Jul 7, 10:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	35 min
Jul 7, 10:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 8, 12:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	23 min
Jul 8, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	45 min
Jul 8, 1:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	39 min
Jul 8, 2:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	23 min
Jul 8, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola	43 min
Jul 8, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	50 min
Jul 8, 2:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Valencia	50 min
Jul 8, 3:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
Jul 8, 3:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 8, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	43 min
Jul 8, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	25 min
Jul 8, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		25 min
Jul 8, 5:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	36 min
Jul 8, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Jul 8, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	16 min
Jul 8, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	33 min
Jul 8, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	31 min
Jul 8, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	36 min
Jul 8, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	35 min
Jul 8, 5:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	28 min
Jul 8, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	25 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.