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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 9, 2015Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2015, 2:48 AM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 9, 2015, 2:48 AM MDT (08:48 UTC)
Expired: May 9, 2015, 3:18 AM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 9, 3:05 AM MDT	HAIL 0.75	12 Se Tucumcari, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 9, 2:11 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 176 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: 20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -217 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 8 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

993 
WUUS55 KABQ 090848
SVRABQ
NMC009-037-090930-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0021.150509T0848Z-150509T0930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
248 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WEST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 330 AM MDT

* AT 242 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTHEAST
  OF RAGLAND...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
           ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  RAGLAND...QUAY...WHEATLAND...SAN JON...TUCUMCARI...AND BARD.

THIS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 329 AND 364...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3521 10379 3514 10317 3456 10352 3464 10377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0848Z 200DEG 29KT 3483 10361

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BG

2 follow-up statements

293 
WWUS55 KABQ 090900
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
300 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

NMC009-037-090930-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150509T0930Z/
CURRY NM-QUAY NM-
300 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL QUAY
AND NORTH CENTRAL CURRY COUNTIES UNTIL 330 AM MDT...

AT 254 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES EAST OF
QUAY...AND MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
TUCUMCARI...QUAY...AND WHEATLAND.

THIS WILL IMPACT INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 329 AND 364...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
ARE OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

&&

LAT...LON 3480 10378 3521 10379 3514 10317 3466 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0900Z 200DEG 29KT 3495 10363

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

BG

043 
WWUS55 KABQ 090918
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
318 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

NMC009-037-090928-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-150509T0930Z/
CURRY NM-QUAY NM-
318 AM MDT SAT MAY 9 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL QUAY AND NORTH CENTRAL
CURRY COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED
AREA.

LAT...LON 3480 10378 3521 10379 3514 10317 3466 10346
TIME...MOT...LOC 0918Z 200DEG 29KT 3509 10357

$$

BG!

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 8, 9:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	38 min
May 8, 10:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	26 min
May 8, 10:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	33 min
May 9, 1:47 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	28 min
May 9, 1:52 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		16 hr
May 9, 1:57 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	48 min
May 9, 2:08 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	52 min
May 9, 2:35 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	40 min
May 9, 2:54 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	25 min
May 9, 3:05 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	85 min
May 9, 3:16 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	44 min
May 9, 10:55 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	20 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.