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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 9, 2015Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 2015, 3:14 PM MDT for Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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 9, 2015, 3:14 PM MDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2015, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Socorro County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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: 1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 37 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 9, 12:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 9, 12:03 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 9, 5:29 AM MDT, 9 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
529 AM MDT THU JUL 9 2015

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 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-
529 AM MDT THU JUL 9 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 ARE EXPECTED
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO TODAY. SOME STORMS
MAY TURN STRONG WITH HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS...AND GUSTY DOWNBURST
WINDS POSSIBLE. STORMS WILL TEND TO BE STRONGEST IN THE EASTERN
PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO...AND A FEW COULD TURN SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REDEVELOP
ACROSS MUCH OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO AGAIN ON FRIDAY
WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR A FEW STRONG STORMS. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR
STORMS WILL THEN SHIFT TO CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO THIS
WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...OR
HEAVY RAINFALL 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 9, 1:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:38 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 2:59 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 9, 3:02 PM MDT, 12 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 8, 6:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	28 min
Jul 8, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	51 min
Jul 8, 6:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	27 min
Jul 8, 6:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	112 min
Jul 8, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		30 min
Jul 8, 8:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	23 min
Jul 9, 3:41 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	2 hr
Jul 9, 1:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	116 min
Jul 9, 1:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	114 min
Jul 9, 1:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
Jul 9, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	22 min
Jul 9, 2:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 9, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	16 min
Jul 9, 3:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	28 min
Jul 9, 3:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	84 min
Jul 9, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	15 min
Jul 9, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jul 9, 3:36 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Socorro	24 min
Jul 9, 3:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	34 min
Jul 9, 3:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	45 min
Jul 9, 4:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	88 min
Jul 9, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	25 min
Jul 9, 4:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jul 9, 4:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	114 min
Jul 9, 4:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	117 min
Jul 9, 4:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	9 min
Jul 9, 4:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	109 min
Jul 9, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
Jul 9, 5:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	112 min
Jul 9, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	44 min
Jul 9, 5:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	115 min
Jul 9, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	34 min
Jul 9, 5:36 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Union	3 hr

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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.