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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 344, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 20, 2015Los Alamos County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2015, 2:23 PM MDT for Los Alamos County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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 20, 2015, 2:23 PM MDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2015, 2:48 PM MDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Los Alamos County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Oct 20, 1:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 20, 11:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 11:54 AM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 5:54 AM MDT, 8 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 1:37 PM MDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 20, 1:42 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
142 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015

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

0141 PM     HAIL             15 ESE CORONA           34.17N 105.35W
10/20/2015  M1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502432

KJ

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 1:46 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
146 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015

NMZ506-507-202015-
WEST CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-WEST CENTRAL MOUNTAINS-
146 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CIBOLA COUNTY UNTIL
215 PM MDT...

AT 145 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES SOUTH OF ACOMA PUEBLO...OR 28 MILES
NORTH OF DATIL...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTHEASTERN CIBOLA
COUNTY.

ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3482 10777 3470 10735 3445 10759 3445 10768
      3451 10781
TIME...MOT...LOC 1945Z 210DEG 21KT 3454 10767

SHOEMAKE

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 1:55 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
155 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015

NMZ515-202030-
EAST SLOPES SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS-
155 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY UNTIL
230 PM MDT...

AT 154 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR UTE PARK...OR 26 MILES NORTHWEST OF
SPRINGER...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS HIGHWAY
64 BETWEEN UTE PARK AND CIMARRON.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
UTE PARK.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 10496 3658 10486 3656 10485 3655 10485
      3653 10489 3657 10493 3652 10493 3652 10499
      3650 10497 3649 10500 3647 10501 3647 10499
      3644 10505 3653 10516
TIME...MOT...LOC 1954Z 229DEG 15KT 3652 10504

05

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 2:07 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
207 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015

NMZ518-521-202045-
SANTA FE METRO AREA-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-
207 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BERNALILLO...
SOUTHWESTERN SANTA FE AND SOUTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM
MDT...

AT 205 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM EAST OF SANDIA PARTO TO NEAR
GOLDEN...MOVING NORTH AT 35 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDGEWOOD...TIJERAS...LA BAJADA...CERRILLOS HILLS STATE PARK...
SEDILLO...GOLDEN...MADRID...CEDAR CREST...CEDAR GROVE AND LA CIENEGA.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 176 AND 186.
 INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 262 AND 273.

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
GALLISTEO DAM...COLE SPRING PICNIC AREA...AND CERRILLOS HILLS STATE
PARK.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.

LAT...LON 3504 10621 3511 10642 3561 10622 3553 10598
TIME...MOT...LOC 2005Z 194DEG 32KT 3521 10628

05

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 2:20 PM MDT, 3 minutes before

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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 19, 6:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	39 min
Oct 19, 6:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	113 min
Oct 19, 6:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	3 hr
Oct 19, 6:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		49 min
Oct 19, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, San Juan	55 min
Oct 19, 7:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	28 min
Oct 19, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, San Juan	31 min
Oct 19, 8:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	27 min
Oct 19, 8:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	50 min
Oct 20, 4:36 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		49 hr
Oct 20, 4:54 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	36 min
Oct 20, 11:02 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Catron	43 min
Oct 20, 11:43 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Oct 20, 11:49 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	26 min
Oct 20, 11:56 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	49 min
Oct 20, 12:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	27 min
Oct 20, 12:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	44 min
Oct 20, 12:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Cibola	48 min
Oct 20, 1:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	23 min
Oct 20, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	30 min
Oct 20, 1:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	28 min
Oct 20, 1:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	35 min
Oct 20, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	38 min
Oct 20, 1:42 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Cibola	18 min
Oct 20, 1:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	29 min
Oct 20, 1:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	35 min
Oct 20, 1:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola	35 min
Oct 20, 1:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	47 min
Oct 20, 2:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	30 min
Oct 20, 2:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	42 min
Oct 20, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	40 min
Oct 20, 2:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	38 min
Oct 20, 2:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	25 min
Oct 20, 2:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	35 min
Oct 20, 2:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo	32 min
Oct 20, 2:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval	45 min
Oct 20, 2:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	27 min
Oct 20, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	47 min
Oct 20, 2:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Oct 20, 2:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	11 min
Oct 20, 2:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	27 min
Oct 20, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	30 min
Oct 20, 3:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	26 min
Oct 20, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	33 min
Oct 20, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	30 min
Oct 20, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	38 min
Oct 20, 3:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	47 min
Oct 20, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	29 min
Oct 20, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	26 min
Oct 20, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	25 min
Oct 20, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	51 min
Oct 20, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	48 min
Oct 20, 4:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	23 min
Oct 20, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	49 min
Oct 20, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	25 min
Oct 20, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	43 min
Oct 20, 5:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	51 min
Oct 20, 5:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	2 hr
Oct 20, 5:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	39 min
Oct 20, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	45 min
Oct 20, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	47 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.