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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 6, 2015Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 2015, 6:46 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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: Oct 6, 2015, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Oct 6, 2015, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:47 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.

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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 235 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: 326 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1831 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 66 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 152 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

659 
WUUS55 KABQ 070046
SVRABQ
NMC005-027-070115-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0310.151007T0046Z-151007T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
646 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
  CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 715 PM MDT

* AT 646 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES EAST OF
  PICACHO...OR 26 MILES WEST OF ROSWELL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 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
  EASTERN LINCOLN AND CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3324 10500 3340 10511 3360 10482 3333 10465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 241DEG 15KT 3336 10498 

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

$$

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1 follow-up statement

398 
WWUS55 KABQ 070113
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
713 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMC005-027-070123-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-151007T0115Z/
LINCOLN-CHAVES-
713 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN LINCOLN AND CENTRAL
CHAVES COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 715 PM MDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.  HOWEVER SMALL
HAIL....GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS
THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3324 10500 3340 10511 3360 10482 3333 10465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 241DEG 15KT 3336 10498 

$$

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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 6, 5:54 PM MDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 5:54 PM MDT, 52 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
554 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE
UPPER LEVEL LOW CHURNING OVER AZ WILL CONTINUE TO PROVIDE ENOUGH
LIFT AND INSTABILITY FOR SHRA AND TSRA TO CONTINUE INTO THE EVE
AND OVERNIGHT OVER NM. MOST OF THE ACTIVITY WILL BE WEST OF THE
CENTRAL MTN CHAIN THRU APPROX 04Z...BUT THEN MODELS SUGGEST THAT
ANOTHER LARGE AREA OF PRECIP WILL DEVELOP OVER PORTIONS OF THE EC
AND SE PLAINS THEREAFTER. A FEW STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS REMAIN
POSSIBLE THRU THE EVE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DMGG WIND GUSTS THE
MAIN THREATS. THE STRONGEST STORMS MAY PRODUCE PERIODS OF MVFR OR
BRIEF IFR CIGS AND VSBYS AS WELL AS MT OBSCURATIONS. PATCHY FOG
MAY DEVELOP BETWEEN 09Z AND 12Z WHERE BETTER RAINS OCCURRED TODAY.

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&&

.PREV DISCUSSION...338 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015...
.SYNOPSIS...
COOL AND UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH FRIDAY AS A SLOW
MOVING UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES SOUTHWEST NEW
MEXICO FROM THE WEST...THEN TRACKS SOUTHWARD TO THE GULF OF
CALIFORNIA. A BACK DOOR COLD FRONT WILL ALSO ARRIVE FROM THE
NORTHEAST THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. THROUGH FRIDAY...SOUTHEAST
AND EAST CENTRAL AREAS MAY RECEIVE AROUND 3 INCHES OF ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL...WITH AROUND 1 INCH OF RAIN ELSEWHERE ALONG AND EAST OF
THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...AND LIGHTER AMOUNTS FARTHER WEST.
THERE WILL BE A RISK OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EACH DAY MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40. THE UPPER LOW IS FORECAST TO
RETROGRADE WEST OF THE BAJA PENINSULA THIS WEEKEND ALLOWING DRIER
AND WARMER WEATHER TO DEVELOP OVER NEW MEXICO.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
IT WILL BE DIFFICULT TO RULE OUT THUNDERSTORMS ANYWHERE TONIGHT
AND ESPECIALLY THIS EVENING...BUT THE BEST MOISTURE AND
INSTABILITY FAVORS SOUTHEAST AREAS. THERE APPEARS TO BE ENOUGH
INSTABILITY AND SHEAR FOR SOME STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...MAINLY SOUTH OF I-40. LIKE LAST NIGHT...SOUTH AND
SOUTHEAST WINDS SHOULD BRING PATCHY FOG AND LOW CLOUDS TO EASTERN
LOCATIONS SOUTH OF THE CAPROCK AND WEST OF THE CAPROCK TO THE
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.

THE UPPER LOW SHOULD REACH NEW MEXICOS BOOTHEEL BY WEDNESDAY
ALLOWING SOME DRIER AND WARMER AIR OVER NW AREAS...BUT KEEPING
SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL AREAS SOCKED IN WITH SCATTERED TO
NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. AGAIN WEDNESDAY NIGHT...THE
UPPER LOW SHOULD DRAW ENOUGH LOW LEVEL EASTERLY UPSLOPE FLOW OVER
SOUTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL AREAS FOR ANOTHER BOUT OF PATCHY FOG
AND LOW CLOUDS INTO THURSDAY MORNING. A GUSTY EAST CANYON WIND
WILL PROBABLY ALSO DEVELOP IN THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE
VALLEY WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY MORNING. THE EAST CANYON WIND
MAY DIE DOWN SOME THURSDAY NIGHT...ONLY TO REDEVELOP FRIDAY WITH
THE ARRIVAL OF THE BACK DOOR COLD FRONT.

DRY WEATHER WILL TAKE OVER BY LATE SATURDAY AND SHOULD PERSIST
THROUGH THE FIRST HALF OF THE COMING WORK WEEK AS THE UPPER LOW
SHIFTS WESTWARD OVER THE PACIFIC OCEAN. HIGH TEMPERATURES SHOULD
CLIMB ABOVE NORMAL AGAIN ALONG THE COLORADO BORDER STARTING
SATURDAY...THEN SPREAD TO THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST AREA
MONDAY THROUGH MID WEEK AS A STAUNCH HIGH PRESSURE SYSTEM BUILDS
OVER THE AREA.

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&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
AS OF MID AFTN A POTENT CLOSED UPPER LVL LOW WAS
CENTERED NEAR LAS VEGAS NV...MOVING SLOWLY TO EAST. FCST MODELS
STILL AGREE PRETTY WELL WITH THE TRACK OF THIS SYSTEM EAST THEN SE
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL INTO SE AZ BY ROUGHLY MIDDAY WED. ENOUGH
MOISTURE AND DYNAMIC LIFT IN ADVANCE OF THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO
TRIGGER SCATTERED TO OCCASIONALLY NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND STORMS
THROUGH THIS EVE...WITH SOME DIMINISHMENT IN COVERAGE AND INTENSITY
LATER TONIGHT. WIDESPREAD WETTING RAINS ARE STILL LOOKING PRETTY
LIKELY NEARLY ALL AREAS LATE THIS AFTN THROUGH WED NIGHT WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL AMOUNTS GREATER THAN AN INCH MOST LIKELY ACROSS THE EAST-
CENTRAL PLAINS...THOUGH OTHERWISE MOST ANY LOCALE NEAR AND ESPEC
SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40 MAY SEE MORE ISOLATED INCH OR GREATER AMTS.

WED NIGHT THROUGH THU NIGHT WILL SEE THE LOW DROP SOUTHWARD INTO NW
MEXICO WHICH WILL SLOWLY SPREAD THE MORE SIGNIFICANT AND WIDESPREAD
RAIN INTO THE SE THIRD TO PERHAPS HALF OF THE STATE. PERIOD OF
MODERATE EAST WINDS BELOW CANYONS INTO THE MID RIO GRANDE VALLEY IS
POSS WED NIGHT AND INTO THU AS A FAIRLY DEEP LAYER OF E TO SE WINDS
COME INTO PLACE OVER THIS AREA DUE TO CIRCULATION AROUND THE UPPER
LOW. THEREAFTER...INTO THE WEEKEND...UPPER LOW WILL START EASING
BACK WESTWARD AS HIGH PRESSURE ALOFT BUILDS OVER SOUTHERN NM.
EXTENDED MODELS GENERALLY AGREE THAT THE THE CLOSED LOW WILL
EVENTUALLY GET PICKED BACK UP BY THE WESTERLIES AND HEAD BACK TOWARD
NM OR THE GREAT BASIN LATTER HALF OF NEXT WEEK. THIS SCENARIO SHOULD
BRING BACK A PERIOD OF AT LEAST MODERATELY ABOVE NORMAL DAYTIME
TEMPS FOR EARLY TO MID WEEK NEXT WEEK.

VENTILATION RATES WILL BECOME FAIR TO GOOD OVER MUCH OF THE FORECAST
AREA WED WITH SOME POOR POCKETS NEAR AND JUST EAST OF THE CENTRAL
MTN CHAIN. SOME IMPROVEMENT MAINLY WEST AND CENTRAL THU...FOLLOWED
BY WORSENING RATES IN THIS SAME GENERAL AREA INTO THE WEEKEND
DECREASE FRIDAY THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

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&&

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

&&

Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 6, 5:01 AM MDT, 13 hours 45 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
501 AM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMZ501>540-071200-
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-
501 AM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS...LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY...
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS AND UPPER TULAROSA VALLEY. LARGE HAIL WILL
BE THE PRIMARY THREAT. IN ADDITION...A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE
LIKELY ACROSS CENTRAL AND WESTERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA WITH THE
POTENTIAL FOR SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATION OF SMALL HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY INTO THURSDAY
ACROSS SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE AREA. IN ADDITION...THE THREAT
FOR LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL TREND UP LATE WEDNESDAY THROUGH
THURSDAY ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WITH
THE POTENTIAL FOR FLASH FLOODING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH MAY BECOME
NECESSARY.

WEATHER CAN CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...
WATCHES AND WARNINGS FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR AREAS BETWEEN GLENWOOD...
SOCORRO AND CARRIZOZO.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 6, 4:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
411 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMZ507-062245-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
411 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CIBOLA AND
NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

AT 410 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ACOMA PUEBLO...OR 19 MILES
SOUTH OF LAGUNA PUEBLO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAGUNA PUEBLO AND MESITA.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 112 AND 127.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3509 10738 3494 10708 3493 10711 3489 10712
      3487 10708 3482 10708 3464 10738 3472 10751
      3474 10751 3477 10754
TIME...MOT...LOC 2210Z 216DEG 19KT 3476 10742

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 4:33 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
433 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMZ512-514-517-518-062300-
SANTA FE METRO AREA-LOWER CHAMA RIVER VALLEY-SOUTHERN SANGRE DE
CRISTOS ABOVE 9500 FEET-WEST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
433 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY UNTIL
500 PM MDT...

AT 432 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR SANTA FE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SANTA FE...POJOAQUE...RIO EN MEDIO IN SANTA FE COUNTY...HYDE MEMORIAL
STATE PARK...NAMBE PUEBLO...COWLES...TESUQUE...CUNDIYO...RIO CHIQUITO
AND CHUPADERO.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 278 AND 283.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
ASPEN BASIN CAMPGROUND...BIG TESUQUE CAMPGROUND...BLACK CANYON
CAMPGROUND...HOLY GHOST CAMPGROUND...PANCHUELA CAMPGROUND...SANTA FE
SKI AREA...AND HYDE MEMORIAL STATE PARK.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3559 10602 3572 10617 3601 10585 3581 10563
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 228DEG 26KT 3571 10603

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 4:40 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
440 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMZ506-507-062315-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
440 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN CIBOLA...
NORTHWESTERN BERNALILLO AND SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 515
PM MDT...

AT 440 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER MESITA...OR NEAR LAGUNA PUEBLO...MOVING
NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LAGUNA PUEBLO...MARQUEZ...MESITA...NEW LAGUNA...CEBOLLETITA...
PAGUATE...BIBO...SEBOYETA...TOHAJIILEE AND PARAJE.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 125.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE MARQUEZ WILDLIFE AREA AND WATER
CANYON WILDLIFE AREA.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3539 10746 3526 10698 3523 10697 3489 10727
      3492 10752
TIME...MOT...LOC 2240Z 199DEG 29KT 3500 10734

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 4:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
443 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMZ508-509-062315-
SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-SAN FRANCISCO RIVER VALLEY-
443 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN CATRON COUNTY UNTIL
515 PM MDT...

AT 443 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALMA...OR 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF BUCKHORN...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RESERVE...SAN FRANCISCO PLAZA...GLENWOOD...MOGOLLON...PLEASANTON AND
ALMA.

MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 3343 10905 3379 10881 3342 10838 3341 10838
      3322 10894 3332 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 229DEG 38KT 3335 10895

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 5:57 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
557 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMZ523-070030-
CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-
557 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN SAN MIGUEL AND
NORTHEASTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 PM MDT...

AT 557 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF CLINES CORNERS...OR 28 MILES EAST
OF MORIARTY...MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHWESTERN SAN
MIGUEL AND NORTHEASTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 219 AND 232.
 HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 241 AND 248.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...TAKE SHELTER IN A
STURDY BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3489 10543 3490 10565 3527 10569 3525 10536
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 182DEG 23KT 3498 10554

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Special weather statement, Oct 6, 6:15 PM MDT, 31 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
615 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

NMZ539-070045-
EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
615 PM MDT TUE OCT 6 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM MDT...

AT 615 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR PICACHO...OR 32 MILES EAST OF RUIDOSO...
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PICACHO AND SUNSET.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR YOUR PREFERRED
MEDIA OUTLETS AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO...FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

&&

LAT...LON 3331 10526 3352 10500 3339 10488 3331 10489
      3330 10490 3323 10490 3315 10513
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 233DEG 15KT 3328 10513

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 6, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		30 min
Oct 6, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	31 min
Oct 6, 7:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	26 min
Oct 6, 7:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	25 min
Oct 6, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	23 min
Oct 6, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	27 min
Oct 7, 3:40 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		37 hr
Oct 7, 10:42 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Oct 7, 11:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	25 min
Oct 7, 1:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	38 min
Oct 7, 2:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	40 min
Oct 7, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	43 min
Oct 7, 2:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	47 min
Oct 7, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	28 min
Oct 7, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	41 min
Oct 7, 4:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	111 min
Oct 7, 4:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	44 min
Oct 7, 5:44 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	91 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.