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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 302, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 3, 2015Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2015, 1:09 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 21 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 3, 2015, 1:09 PM MDT (19:09 UTC)
Expired
Oct 3, 2015, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Sandoval County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 425 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-10-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 63 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 2015-10-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-157 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2432 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-1 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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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 3, 12:28 PM MDT, 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 12:28 PM MDT, 41 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 3, 5:40 AM MDT, 7 hours 29 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 3, 11:46 AM MDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:41 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Oct 3, 12:59 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 2, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel25 min
Oct 2, 6:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel47 min
Oct 2, 7:16 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel119 min
Oct 2, 7:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora113 min
Oct 2, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel23 min
Oct 2, 7:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel45 min
Oct 2, 7:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel114 min
Oct 2, 8:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel24 min
Oct 2, 8:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel50 min
Oct 2, 8:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel24 min
Oct 2, 9:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel20 min
Oct 2, 9:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel50 min
Oct 2, 10:00 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel2 hr
Oct 2, 10:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding30 min
Oct 2, 10:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe29 min
Oct 2, 11:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe31 min
Oct 2, 11:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, San Miguel, Union119 min
Oct 3, 11:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia29 min
Oct 3, 12:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval19 min
Oct 3, 12:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro31 min
Oct 3, 1:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro21 min
Oct 3, 1:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln11 min
Oct 3, 1:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance19 min
Oct 3, 2:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance17 min
Oct 3, 2:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln12 min
Oct 3, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos21 min
Oct 3, 2:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro19 min
Oct 3, 3:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ35 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.