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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 362, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 20, 2015Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 20, 2015, 6:48 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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, 6:48 PM MDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired: Oct 20, 2015, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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: 45 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -132 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2357 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 20, 6:00 PM MDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 20, 6:00 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 20, 5:54 AM MDT, 12 hours 54 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.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 20, 6:10 PM MDT, 38 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 20, 6:29 PM MDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 20, 6:42 PM MDT, 6 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 20, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	36 min
Oct 20, 6:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	35 min
Oct 20, 6:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	29 min
Oct 20, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	46 min
Oct 20, 6:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	37 min
Oct 20, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	33 min
Oct 20, 6:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	47 min
Oct 20, 6:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Oct 20, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	37 min
Oct 20, 6:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	34 min
Oct 20, 7:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	36 min
Oct 20, 7:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Oct 20, 7:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	26 min
Oct 20, 7:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	32 min
Oct 20, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
Oct 20, 8:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	3 hr
Oct 20, 8:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Oct 20, 8:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	40 min
Oct 20, 9:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	43 min
Oct 20, 10:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
Oct 21, 1:01 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
Oct 21, 3:43 AM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ		35 hr
Oct 21, 5:19 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	26 min
Oct 21, 5:32 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	43 min
Oct 21, 6:12 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	33 min
Oct 21, 6:33 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	42 min
Oct 21, 6:44 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	46 min
Oct 21, 7:00 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	90 min
Oct 21, 7:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Oct 21, 7:20 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	55 min
Oct 21, 7:27 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	63 min
Oct 21, 8:07 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	23 min
Oct 21, 8:23 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	52 min
Oct 21, 8:58 AM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Chaves	14 min
Oct 21, 9:11 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	49 min
Oct 21, 9:57 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	48 min
Oct 21, 10:18 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Oct 21, 10:25 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	2 hr
Oct 21, 10:43 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	47 min
Oct 21, 11:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	47 min
Oct 21, 12:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	36 min
Oct 21, 12:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	17 min
Oct 21, 12:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	114 min
Oct 21, 12:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	34 min
Oct 21, 1:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	66 min
Oct 21, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	29 min
Oct 21, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	25 min
Oct 21, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	19 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.