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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 2, 2015Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2015, 5:52 PM MDT for Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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: Oct 2, 2015, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2015, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:53 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.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 2, 3:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 3:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 2, 5:58 AM MDT, 11 hours 54 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
558 AM MDT FRI OCT 2 2015

NMZ501>540-031200-
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-
558 AM MDT FRI OCT 2 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE TODAY
THROUGH TONIGHT OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO. SOME STORMS WILL BE
CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MARGINALLY LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS
ALONG WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

AN OVERALL UNSETTLED WEATHER PATTERN IS EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
WEEKEND INTO MUCH OF NEXT WEEK. THE MAIN THREAT PERIODS FOR
HEAVY RAINFALL AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING WILL BE SATURDAY
AFTERNOON AND SATURDAY NIGHT OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO THEN MONDAY
AND TUESDAY OVER CENTRAL AND WESTERN NEW MEXICO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GUYER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 5:41 PM MDT, 11 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
541 PM MDT FRI OCT 2 2015

NMZ512-514-515-030015-
SOUTHERN SANGRE DE CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE
CRISTO MOUNTAINS-EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
541 PM MDT FRI OCT 2 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MORA AND
NORTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM MDT...

AT 540 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER TERERRO...OR 18 MILES EAST OF SANTA FE...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  COWLES AROUND 545 PM MDT.
  GASCON...MORPHY LAKE STATE PARK...LEDOUX AND TIERRA MONTE AROUND
615 PM MDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE SOUTH CARMEN...MONTE
APLANADO...MANUELITAS AND ROCIADA.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
E.V. LONG CAMPGROUND...EL PORVENIR CAMPGROUND...IRON GATE
CAMPGROUND...WILLOW CREEK CAMPGROUND...BERT CLANCY WILDLIFE AREA...
MORA RIVER PICNIC AREA...AND MORPHY LAKE STATE PARK.

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 3589 10523 3588 10524 3586 10521 3587 10518
      3586 10516 3584 10518 3584 10521 3582 10522
      3582 10521 3560 10555 3573 10573 3604 10549
TIME...MOT...LOC 2340Z 224DEG 23KT 3573 10563

SHOEMAKE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 2, 3:33 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	15 hr
Oct 2, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	34 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.