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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 17, 2015Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 2015, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 2015, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
30 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 Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:59 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-08-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2015-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 123 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1057 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
123 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
199 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

457 
WUUS55 KABQ 172200
SVRABQ
NMC059-172230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0252.150817T2200Z-150817T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
400 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 400 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DES
  MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

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

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
  NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE 
IN ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3679 10388 3690 10382 3681 10349 3661 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 289DEG 7KT 3680 10374 

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

$$

SHOEMAKE
1 follow-up statement
022 
WWUS55 KABQ 172217 RRA
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
417 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

NMC059-172230-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-150817T2230Z/
UNION-
417 PM MDT MON AUG 17 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY...

AT 417 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES EAST OF DES
MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 10 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...
DES MOINES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN 
ALBUQUERQUE AT 1.888.386.7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3675 10383 3685 10378 3681 10349 3661 10363
TIME...MOT...LOC 2217Z 289DEG 7KT 3679 10370 

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

SHOEMAKE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 16, 6:05 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval115 min
Aug 16, 6:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion33 min
Aug 16, 7:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay37 min
Aug 17, 12:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos35 min
Aug 17, 12:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba, Taos43 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba, Taos34 min
Aug 17, 1:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo27 min
Aug 17, 1:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora23 min
Aug 17, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba27 min
Aug 17, 2:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora45 min
Aug 17, 2:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel42 min
Aug 17, 2:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora27 min
Aug 17, 3:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel47 min
Aug 17, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion28 min
Aug 17, 3:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel112 min
Aug 17, 3:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo36 min
Aug 17, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel48 min
Aug 17, 4:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe28 min
Aug 17, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln25 min
Aug 17, 4:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln36 min
Aug 17, 4:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion110 min
Aug 17, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion47 min
Aug 17, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe47 min
Aug 17, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel25 min
Aug 17, 4:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion24 min
Aug 17, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion40 min
Aug 17, 4:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance32 min
Aug 17, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe49 min
Aug 17, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion49 min
Aug 17, 5:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe31 min
Aug 17, 5:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion114 min
Aug 17, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln49 min
Aug 17, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion47 min
Aug 17, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca31 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.