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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 217, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 11, 2015Catron County, Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2015, 2:16 PM MDT for Catron County, Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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 11, 2015, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2015, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Catron County, NM, Socorro County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 153 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Tuscon, AZ (KDMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 361 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: 779 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -70 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1583 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.2

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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 11, 11:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 11:59 AM MDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 4:15 AM MDT, 10 hours 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
415 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2015

NMZ501>540-121200-
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-
415 AM MDT SAT JUL 11 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON
AND EVENING. STORMS SHOULD FAVOR THE HIGH TERRAIN AND PORTIONS OF
SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO. DUE TO RECENT HEAVY RAINS AND SATURATED
SOILS...SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS MAY RESULT IN LOCALIZED
FLOODING. A FEW STORMS MAY ALSO PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS
TO 50 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL FAVOR THE HIGHER TERRAIN AND
PORTIONS OF WESTERN NEW MEXICO SUNDAY AND MONDAY. LOCALLY HEAVY
RAIN AND FLOODING WILL BE THE MAIN CONCERN WITH THESE
STORMS...ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY
RAINFALL OR FLOODING 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

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 2:03 PM MDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
203 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2015

NMZ508-112045-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-
203 PM MDT SAT JUL 11 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL CATRON AND WEST
CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

AT 203 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF DATIL...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING WILL
ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NATIONAL RADIO ASTRONOMY OBSERVATORY.

&&

LAT...LON 3388 10800 3402 10801 3416 10741 3381 10738
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 262DEG 28KT 3397 10792

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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 10, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		45 min
Jul 10, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		53 min
Jul 10, 7:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	2 hr
Jul 10, 9:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	111 min
Jul 11, 12:31 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	119 min
Jul 11, 3:48 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	117 min
Jul 11, 12:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	112 min
Jul 11, 12:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola	32 min
Jul 11, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		42 min
Jul 11, 2:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Valencia	37 min
Jul 11, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	36 min
Jul 11, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	24 min
Jul 11, 3:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	29 min
Jul 11, 4:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Valencia	119 min
Jul 11, 5:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2015 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2015

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.