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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 236, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 2015, 8:44 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 9, 2015, 8:44 PM MDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2015, 9:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Dodge City, (KDDC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 347 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 919 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -87 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1943 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.7
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 Aug 9, 5:13 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 9, 5:13 PM MDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 555 AM MDT SUN AUG 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- 555 AM MDT SUN AUG 9 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE AND FAVOR THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHWEST TIER OF THE FORECAST AREA. SOME MINOR FLOODING WILL BE POSSIBLE. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY HEAVY RAINFALL IS EXPECTED ACROSS A GOOD PORTION OF NORTHERN/CENTRAL NEW MEXICO MONDAY/MONDAY NIGHT BUT THE FAVORED AREAS WILL BE FOUND ACROSS THE NORTHEAST THIRD TO HALF. THIS IS WHERE LOCALIZED AREAS OF FLASH FLOODING MAY OCCUR AND A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS CURRENTLY IN EFFECT. A RESIDUAL HEAVY RAIN THREAT WILL EXIST ACROSS THE NORTHERN THIRD TUESDAY/TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. 50
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 9, 6:25 PM MDT, 2 hours 19 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 6:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 17 min |
| Aug 9, 6:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 41 min |
| Aug 9, 6:51 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 114 min |
| Aug 9, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Aug 9, 7:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 45 min |
| Aug 9, 7:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 8:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 29 min |
| Aug 9, 8:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Union | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 1:07 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Roosevelt | 113 min |
| Aug 10, 2:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 113 min |
| Aug 10, 3:10 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Torrance | 110 min |
| Aug 10, 3:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding | 117 min |
| Aug 10, 4:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 38 min |
| Aug 10, 5:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 41 min |
| Aug 10, 5:21 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:28 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 10, 5:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, Lincoln | 116 min |
| Aug 10, 5:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 31 min |
| Aug 10, 5:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Union | 115 min |
| Aug 10, 5:55 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 110 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.