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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 271, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 18, 2015Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 2015, 7:54 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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: Aug 18, 2015, 7:54 PM MDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired: Aug 18, 2015, 8:30 PM MDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 191 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Aug 18, 8:10 PM MDT	HAIL 0.75	Capulin, NM

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

Did it verify

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 2335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -99 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1537 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 337 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.7
Supercell composite: 16.5

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

307 
WUUS55 KABQ 190154
SVRABQ
NMC007-059-190230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0271.150819T0154Z-150819T0230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
754 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 830 PM MDT

* AT 753 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR CAPULIN...OR
  9 MILES WEST OF DES MOINES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

  HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR 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. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DES MOINES...FOLSOM AND CAPULIN. 

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 10421 3691 10401 3681 10368 3661 10381
      3659 10405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0153Z 310DEG 15KT 3681 10399 

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

$$

SHOEMAKE

1 follow-up statement

925 
WWUS55 KABQ 190218
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
818 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

NMC007-190227-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-150819T0230Z/
COLFAX-
818 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF 
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

LAT...LON 3677 10397 3681 10388 3676 10371 3661 10381
      3660 10396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 310DEG 15KT 3674 10389 

$$

NMC059-190230-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0271.000000T0000Z-150819T0230Z/
UNION-
818 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY...

AT 817 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DES MOINES...
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

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

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...EXPECT 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.

&&

LAT...LON 3677 10397 3681 10388 3676 10371 3661 10381
      3660 10396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0217Z 310DEG 15KT 3674 10389 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

SHOEMAKE

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 18, 5:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 5:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
555 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE

DRY AIR HAS PUT THE KIBOSH ON STORMS IN MOST OF WESTERN NEW
MEXICO...AND ATTENTION HAS TURNED TO A COLD FRONT THAT IS ENTERING
THE NORTHEASTERN CORNER OF THE STATE. A COUPLE OF STRONG TO SEVERE
STORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE INTO THE EVENING HOURS BEHIND THIS
BOUNDARY WITH DOWNBURST WINDS TO 50KT...LARGE HAIL...AND HEFTY
DOWNPOURS ACCOMPANYING. THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL ADVANCE SOUTH
AND WEST OVERNIGHT...EVENTUALLY BREACHING THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN AND SPILLING INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY. GUSTY WINDS TO 25
TO 35KT WILL BE FOUND ALONG AND BEHIND THE FRONT. SOME PATCHES OF
LOW CLOUDS/MVFR CEILINGS WILL ALSO FILL IN BEHIND THE FRONT IN
PARTS OF THE NORTHEASTERN QUADRANT OF THE STATE. INTO
WEDNESDAY...LITTLE PROSPECTS FOR STORMS DUE TO DRIER AND MORE
STABLE CONDITIONS ARRIVING BEHIND THE FRONT.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...338 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015...
.SYNOPSIS...
A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT DROPPING SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE EASTERN
PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING WILL PUSH WESTWARD THROUGH GAPS
IN THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN LATE TONIGHT WITH A MODESTLY GUSTY
EAST CANYON WIND AROUND ALBUQUERQUE AND SANTA FE. AFTER HIGHS
FALL A FEW TO 21 DEGREES BELOW TODAYS READINGS ON WEDNESDAY...THEY
WILL REBOUND IN MOST PLACES THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK WITH
READINGS PLATEAUING A FEW TO 8 DEGREES ABOVE NORMAL ON FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY. DRIER AIR WITH THE FRONT WILL LEAD TO A DOWN TICK IN
SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE WEDNESDAY...BUT MOISTURE WILL
GRADUALLY IMPROVE THURSDAY THROUGH THE SATURDAY WITH INCREASING
THUNDERSTORM COVERAGE EACH DAY.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
AFTER SOME WETTER SHOWERS AND STORMS ACROSS THE EAST WITH TONIGHTS
COLD FRONT...A HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER THE CA COAST AND DRYING
BEHIND THE COLD FRONT SHOULD PREVENT SIGNIFICANT PRECIPITATION
ACCUMULATION THURSDAY.

AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PASS EASTWARD ALONG THE
WESTERN US AND CANADIAN BOARDER THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY DRAWING
BETTER MONSOON MOISTURE NORTHWARD OVER NM AS THE UPPER HIGH SHIFTS
EASTWARD OVER SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE. THE TROUGH EXTENDING
SOUTH OF THE UPPER LOW SHOULD INDUCE A DECENT CROP OF SCATTERED TO
ISOLATED SHOWERS AND STORMS ON SATURDAY.

IN THE WAKE OF THE UPPER TROUGH ANOTHER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL
PLUNGE SOUTHWESTWARD THROUGH THE STATE SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH
SUNDAY. DEPENDING ON THE PROGRESS OF THE
FRONT...SOUTHWESTERN...WESTERN AND CENTRAL AREAS SHOULD BE
FAVORED FOR ANOTHER ROUND OF SCATTERED TO ISOLATED STORMS ON
SUNDAY.

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&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
W TO NW SURFACE WINDS HAVE MODESTLY REACHED CRITICAL THRESHOLDS AS
HAS MINIMUM RH AT SPOTTY LOCALES ACROSS ROUGHLY THE NW THIRD OF THE
FCST AREA AS OF MID AFTN. THESE MARGINAL CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE
ANOTHER 2 OR 3 HOURS...BUT AS INDICATED IN PREVIOUS DISCUSSION...NO
RED FLAG WARNING WILL BE HOISTED AS FUEL CONDITIONS AND FIRE DANGER
LVLS WILL NOT BE OF GREAT ENOUGH CONCERN TO DO SO. HAVING SAID THAT
IT STILL LOOKS LIKE EXPOSED UPPER SLOPES AS WELL AS RIDGE/SADDLE
LOCATIONS IN N CENTRAL AND NW AREAS WILL LIKELY EXPERIENCE GUSTS OF
30 TO 35 MPH ON OCCASION INTO AT LEAST THE EARLY EVE IF NOT A BIT
LONGER. SURFACE DEW POINT TEMPERATURES HAVE DROPPED INTO THE 20S AND
30S BRINGING ABOUT THE RATHER MARGINAL CRITICAL CONDITIONS WE ARE
SEEING.

BACKDOOR COLD FRONT IN NE NM MAKING ONLY VERY SLOW SOUTHWARD
PROGRESS SO FAR THROUGH THE AFTN...STILL N OF TUCUMCARI AS OF MID
AFTN. THIS FRONT AND THE WEAKLY UPSLOPE FLOW BEHIND IT WILL BRING
ABOUT A CHANCE FOR WETTING THUNDERSTORM RAINS ACROSS THE NE AND E
CENTRAL PLAINS. A FEW WILL ALSO ROAM SOUTHERN CATRON AND SOUTHERN
SOCORRO COUNTIES. STRONG GUSTY WINDS WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGER
STORMS AND...ACROSS THE EAST...THE POTENTIAL OF A FEW HAIL PRODUCERS
STILL EXISTS.

THE SURGE OF SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR FROM THE NE WHICH MAY GET A BIT OF
A BOOST FROM THUNDERSTORM OUTFLOWS IS EXPECTED TO REACH THE EAST
SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MTN CHAIN LATER TONIGHT WITH UPSLOPE LOW
CLOUDS AND MAYBE A FEW PATCHES OF LIGHT RAIN OR ISOLATED SHOWERS AND
STORMS EXPANDING GENERALLY NORTH OF I-40. LOCALLY GUSTY E TO SE GAP
WINDS INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY MAY STILL DEVELOP AN HOUR OR TWO
EITHER SIDE OF DAWN WED...BUT STILL APPEARS THAT THE STRONGEST GAP
WINDS WILL NOT DEVELOP UNTIL WED EVE. DUE TO THE COOLING AND MODEST
MOISTENING EAST OF THE FRONT RH RECOVERIES TONIGHT SHOULD BE BETTER
MOST OF THE EAST COMPARED TO THE WEST. AFTN TEMPS TO BE MUCH COOLER
BY 10 TO 20 DEGREES WED COMPARED TO TODAY MAKING FOR A MORE STABLE
LOWER ATMOSPHERE AND ALLOWING ONLY A VERY SMALL CHANCE FOR ISOLATED
SHOWERS AND STORMS NEAR AND A LITTLE WAYS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MTN
CHAIN. STILL DRY BUT ONLY A BIT COOLER IN THE WEST.

WARMING TEMPS AND SLIGHT MOISTURE INCREASE FOR THU BUT STILL
PRIMARILY A DRY PATTERN...FOLLOWED BY A LITTLE FURTHER MOISTENING
AND RECOVERY FRI. MAIN FEATURE TO WATCH FOR LATE WEEK STILL LOOKS TO
BE ANOTHER POTENT UPPER LEVEL TROUGH THAT WILL PASS WELL NORTH OF
THE STATE BUT COULD ASSIST IN DRAWING MONSOON MOISTURE BACK
NORTHWARD.

EXCELLENT VENTILATION WED CENTRAL AND WEST WITH POCKETS OF FAIR TO
LOCALLY POOR VENT RATES FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN
CHAIN TO THE HIGH PLAINS. SHOULD REMAIN VERY GOOD TO MOSTLY
EXCELLENT WEST HALF INTO FRI WITH IMPROVING RATES EAST THROUGH
FRI.

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.ABQ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
NONE.

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 18, 5:17 AM MDT, 14 hours 37 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
517 AM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

NMZ501>540-191130-
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-
517 AM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A MUCH DRIER AND WINDIER WEATHER PATTERN WILL DEVELOP TODAY WITH
LARGELY THUNDERSTORM FREE CONDITIONS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AN UNSEASONABLY STRONG BACKDOOR COLD FRONT WILL DROP INTO EASTERN
NEW MEXICO TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL RESULT IN MUCH COOLER
CONDITIONS EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN WEDNESDAY.
MONSOON MOISTURE IS FORECAST TO RETURN TO CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW
MEXICO FRIDAY AND CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:51 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
451 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

NMZ527-530-182315-
UNION COUNTY-RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
451 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION AND EAST
CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM MDT...

AT 450 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF FOLSOM...OR 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF
DES MOINES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. SOME LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE CAPULIN AND CAPULIN
VOLCANO NATIONAL MONUMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3685 10422 3698 10391 3683 10353 3655 10409
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 330DEG 24KT 3685 10404

Local storm report, Aug 18, 5:27 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
527 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     HAIL             3 NNE CAPULIN           36.78N 103.97W
08/18/2015  E1.75 INCH       UNION              NM   OTHER FEDERAL

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502374

TRM

Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 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

SHOEMAKE

Local storm report, Aug 18, 7:21 PM MDT, 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
721 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0509 PM     HAIL             DES MOINES              36.76N 103.83W
08/18/2015  E1.75 INCH       UNION              NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

            DENTS TO VEHICLE FROM GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502376

SHOEMAKE

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 7:35 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
735 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

NMZ527-190215-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
735 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION AND
NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 815 PM MDT...

AT 735 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF FOLSOM...OR 17 MILES EAST OF
RATON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DES MOINES...FOLSOM AND CAPULIN.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE CAPULIN VOLCANO NATIONAL MONUMENT.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS. ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK
AND HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3691 10380 3687 10381 3685 10380 3683 10382
      3682 10379 3678 10378 3676 10381 3671 10380
      3667 10382 3654 10406 3686 10426 3699 10411
      3699 10400
TIME...MOT...LOC 0135Z 310DEG 16KT 3687 10412

SHOEMAKE

Special weather statement, Aug 18, 7:45 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
745 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

NMZ530-190215-
UNION COUNTY-
745 PM MDT TUE AUG 18 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY UNTIL
815 PM MDT...

AT 744 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF MOUNT DORA...OR 17 MILES WEST OF
CLAYTON...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE HIGHWAY 56 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 65 AND
75.

&&

LAT...LON 3616 10327 3640 10362 3654 10350 3637 10304
      3633 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 301DEG 33KT 3643 10348

The 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, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	50 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, 7:59 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

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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.