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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 269, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2015, 6:40 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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 18, 2015, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 2015, 7:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 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 00:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:16 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
616 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0558 PM TSTM WND GST 14 NE GLADSTONE 36.45N 103.81W
08/18/2015 E70 MPH UNION NM TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502375
SHOEMAKEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 6:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 6:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 18, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 7:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 40 min | |
| Aug 18, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 30 min |
| Aug 18, 7:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 36 min |
| Aug 18, 7:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 46 min |
| Aug 18, 8:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 49 min |
| Aug 18, 8:32 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 118 min |
| Aug 18, 9:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 51 min |
| Aug 18, 10:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 114 min |
| Aug 18, 10:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 39 min |
| Aug 18, 10:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 47 min |
| Aug 18, 10:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay | 26 min |
| Aug 18, 10:52 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay | 23 min |
| Aug 18, 11:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 115 min |
| Aug 18, 11:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 33 min |
| Aug 18, 11:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.