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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2015, 5:36 PM MDT for Lincoln County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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, 5:36 PM MDT (23:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 20, 2015, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
Counties Lincoln County, NM, Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:38 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.
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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 129 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1628 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 97 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, 5:27 PM MDT, 9 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 5:27 PM MDT, 9 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 5:54 AM MDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 554 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015 NMZ501>540-211200- 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- 554 AM MDT TUE OCT 20 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 TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 40...WHERE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE ARE POSSIBLE. IN ADDITION...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING ALONG AND SOUTHEAST A LINE FROM RUIDOSO TO TUCUMCARI TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY A POTENT UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL TRACK NORTHEASTWARD ACROSS NORTHWEST NEW MEXICO THURSDAY BEFORE EJECTING NORTHEASTWARD THROUGH THE CENTRAL ROCKIES THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY. ABUNDANT MOISTURE AND STRONG INSTABILITY WILL CAUSE THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TO PERSIST ACROSS PORTIONS OF THE FORECAST AREA...AS WELL AS THE RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING TO PERSIST ALONG AND E OF THE CENTRAL MT CHAIN THROUGH MID WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY AND TONIGHT ALONG AND SOUTH OF I-40...EXCEPT IN CIBOLA COUNTY...DUE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. 44
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Oct 20, 3:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
350 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
NMZ519-202215-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-
350 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN BERNALILLO AND
NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT...
AT 350 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF LOS LUNAS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
SOUTHWESTERN ALBUQUERQUE...SOUTH VALLEY AND PAJARITO.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 40 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 152.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
LAT...LON 3499 10702 3498 10700 3500 10700 3501 10702
3507 10699 3509 10697 3517 10694 3504 10665
3474 10691 3482 10708 3486 10709
TIME...MOT...LOC 2150Z 209DEG 23KT 3486 10697
SHOEMAKESpecial weather statement, Oct 20, 3:54 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
354 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
NMZ519>521-524-202245-
MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY/ALBUQUERQUE METRO AREA-SOUTH CENTRAL
HIGHLANDS-SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY-
354 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN VALENCIA...
SOUTHWESTERN TORRANCE AND NORTHEASTERN SOCORRO COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM
MDT...
AT 354 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST
OF ABO TO 9 MILES WEST OF BINGHAM...AND MOVING NORTH AT 20 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MOUNTAINAIR...MANZANO MOUNTAIN STATE PARK...ABO AND BINGHAM.
OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE PINE SHADOWS TRAILHEAD AND MANZANO
MOUNTAIN STATE PARK.
MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND
PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA.
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
CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN
EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
LAT...LON 3459 10662 3462 10626 3459 10625 3458 10624
3386 10630 3384 10667
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 200DEG 19KT 3447 10647 3393 10653
SHOEMAKESpecial weather statement, Oct 20, 4:12 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
412 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
NMZ523-524-526-533-539-202300-
SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTH CENTRAL
MOUNTAINS-GUADALUPE COUNTY-EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY-
412 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL LINCOLN...
SOUTHWESTERN GUADALUPE AND SOUTHEASTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES UNTIL 500
PM MDT...
AT 412 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES EAST
OF CEDARVALE TO NEAR JICARILLA...AND MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH.
NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
VAUGHN...CORONA...ENCINO...WHITE OAKS...CEDARVALE...JICARILLA...ANCHO
AND DURAN.
THIS INCLUDES HIGHWAY 285 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 202 AND 228.
ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.
&&
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM MDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO.
LAT...LON 3373 10578 3377 10581 3390 10579 3394 10577
3395 10579 3470 10569 3482 10512 3376 10528
3371 10580
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 184DEG 14KT 3440 10558 3393 10562
SHOEMAKESpecial weather statement, Oct 20, 4:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 435 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015 NMZ508-520-524-202300- SOUTH CENTRAL HIGHLANDS-SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS-LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY- 435 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY UNTIL 500 PM MDT... AT 435 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE...OR 19 MILES SOUTH OF SOCORRO...MOVING NORTH AT 40 MPH. NICKEL SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 55 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... SOCORRO...ESCONDIDA...LEMITAR...BOSQUE DEL APACHE REFUGE...LUIS LOPEZ AND LABORCITA. THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 25 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 156. MOTORISTS CAN EXPECT BRIEF BUT SUDDEN CHANGES IN VISIBILITY AND PONDING OF WATER ON HIGHWAYS AS STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. 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 CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. LAT...LON 3366 10685 3376 10710 3420 10709 3411 10663 TIME...MOT...LOC 2235Z 188DEG 35KT 3378 10697 SHOEMAKE
Local storm report, Oct 20, 4:38 PM MDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
438 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 AM HAIL PLEASANTON 33.28N 108.87W
10/20/2015 M1.25 INCH CATRON NM TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CORRECTED EVENT TIME...EVENT
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502425
JLPLocal storm report, Oct 20, 4:41 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
441 PM MDT TUE OCT 20 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1110 AM HAIL PLEASANTON 33.28N 108.87W
10/20/2015 M1.75 INCH CATRON NM TRAINED SPOTTER
&&
CORRECTED EVENT
EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502425
JLPThe 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, 2:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Santa Fe | 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, 5:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 45 min |
| Oct 20, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 47 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.