Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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WWUS55 KABQ 270056
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
656 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

NMC059-270106-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0059.000000T0000Z-150527T0115Z/
UNION-
656 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED.  
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS 
STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

LAT...LON 3673 10389 3683 10400 3696 10388 3681 10369
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 259DEG 4KT 3685 10387 

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
556 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

.AVIATION...
00Z TAF CYCLE
OVERALL MORE TRANQUIL WX ACROSS A MAJORITY OF THE REGION TODAY.
HOWEVER...SCATTERED PESKY VIRGA AND -TSRA DEVELOPING ALONG THE
CONT DVD WILL MOVE EAST INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY WITH GUSTY
WINDS THRU 03Z. FARTHER NORTHEAST... SOME MORE IMPRESSIVE ISOLD
STORMS ARE PRODUCING ABUNDANT SMALL HAIL AND LCL HVY RAIN. EXPECT
ALL ACTIVITY TO TAPER OFF AFTER SUNSET WITH ONLY MID AND UPPER
LEVEL CLOUDS TRAVERSING THE AREA. TOMORROW WILL FEATURE A BREEZIER
TREND WITH MORE -SHRA/TSRA AROUND THE HIGHER TERRAIN OF NORTHERN
NM AND THE NORTHEAST PLAINS.

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.PREV DISCUSSION...319 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015...
.SYNOPSIS...
UNSETTLED WEATHER WITH NEAR TO BELOW NORMAL TEMPERATURES WILL
CONTINUE THROUGH THE REST OF THE WEEK INTO THE WEEKEND. A FEW
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW
MEXICO THE REST OF TODAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. A GULF OF MEXICO
MOISTURE SURGE WILL COMBINE WITH A PACIFIC TROUGH PASSAGE LATE
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT AND INCREASE CHANCES ACROSS THE
EAST. HEAVIER RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THAT ACTIVITY. A BACK
DOOR COLD FRONT WILL SLIDE INTO THE PLAINS FROM THE NORTH FRIDAY
NIGHT INTO SATURDAY AND PROVIDE A STRONGER FOCUS FOR SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO. RESIDUAL
IMPACTS WILL LAST INTO SUNDAY AS THE FRONT OR DRYLINE RETREATS
BACK TO THE EAST.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
BASED ON CURRENT VISIBLE SATELLITE AND MOSAIC RADAR
IMAGERY...ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INITIALLY FORMED
OVER THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA. SW AREAS LOOK TO BE A
LITTLE SLOW TO DEVELOP BUT SUSPECT THE CIRRUS HAS SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THAT. EITHER WAY...DOWN DAY COMPARED TO YESTERDAY. MODELS
SHOW THE MAIN FOCUS ACROSS THE NE THIRD AND HAVE THE HIGHEST POPS
THERE TO REFLECT THAT ACTIVITY.

THE PACIFIC TROUGH SHOULD DEVELOP TO THE WEST OF THE AREA ON
WEDNESDAY. DRIER AIR WILL INITIALLY PUMP INTO SW AREAS SO REDUCED
POPS THERE. ACTIVITY SHOULD BE VIGOROUS ENOUGH ACROSS THE NORTHERN
TIER. ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BEGIN TO FILTER UP FROM THE
SOUTH AND BEGIN TO SHARPEN THE DRYLINE ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS
WEDNESDAY NIGHT. IT IS SURPRISING THE NAM ISNT MORE BULLISH FOR
THURSDAY MORNING LIKE THE GFS IS. WENT A LITTLE MORE TOWARDS THE
GFS BASED ON THE PATTERN BUT WORTH WATCHING. DIDNT GO HOG WILD
THOUGH.

THE SURFACE DRYLINE SHOULD BE PRETTY PRONOUNCED ACROSS THE EASTERN
PLAINS ON THURSDAY. AT THE SAME TIME...A WEAK PACIFIC TROUGH WILL
MOVE FURTHER EAST AND BE FOUND OVER THE STATE. THE ATMOSPHERE WILL
DESTABILIZE ACCORDINGLY. BASED ON THE PATTERN CANT RULE OUT SOME
ISOLD SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE EASTERN PLAINS. LATEST SPC DAY 3
OUTLOOK SUPPORTS AT LEAST A MARGINAL SHOT. ANOTHER ROUND OF HEAVY
RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE BUT ONCE AGAIN...GFS IS MORE BULLISH THAN
THE NAM. THE ACTIVITY SHOULD CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT AS THE
BROAD TROUGH MOVES FURTHER EAST AND WEAKENS. WESTERN AREAS WILL BE
MUCH DRIER DURING THIS PERIOD.

A BRIEF RESPITE IS EXPECTED WITH MAINLY ISOLD ACTIVITY ON FRIDAY
BUT A STRONGER BACK DOOR COLD FRONT SHOULD PROVIDE THE FOCUS FOR
HEAVIER SHOWERS/THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. A WEAK
SHORTWAVE COMBINED WITH THE BACK DOOR COULD PROVIDE A ROUND OF
SEVERE WEATHER SO WILL BE WATCHING THAT TREND. BASED ON THE
STRENGTH OF THE BACK DOOR..SUSPECT FAR EASTERN AREAS WILL
EVENTUALLY GET TOO STABLE ON SATURDAY.

THE FRONT AND RESIDUAL DRYLINE SHOULD PUSH BACK TO THE EAST
ON SUNDAY AND PROVIDE BETTER CHANCES ACROSS THE PLAINS DURING
THAT PERIOD. AREAS ALONG THE DIVIDE TO THE CENTRAL MTNS SHOULD BE
THE FOCUS FOR STORMS DURING THE DAY PERIOD ON SATURDAY. HIGH TEMPS
WILL PLUMMET BACK TO BELOW NORMAL...ESPECIALLY WELL BELOW NORMAL
ACROSS THE EAST...DURING THIS TIME FRAME. HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE
IN THE FORECAST ALONG THE FRONTAL BOUNDARY. CONFIDENCE IS MODERATE
TO HIGH FOR THIS EVENT TO UNFOLD BECAUSE THE MODELS HAVE BEEN
INDICATING IT FOR THE PAST FEW DAYS. THE MODELS HAVE BEEN A LITTLE
DIFFERENT THOUGH AS FAR AS THE STRENGTH OF THE COLD FRONT AND
TIMING. ECMWF/GFS APPEAR TO BE ON BOARD WITH THE LATEST RUN.
PROBABLY WILL SEE THE FRONTAL INTRUSION AS FAR WEST AS THE AZ
STATE LINE IF NOT BEYOND. THUNDERSTORM CONVECTION WILL AID THIS
PUSH WESTWARD AND SOMETIMES THE MODELS HAVE A HARDER TIME
ACCOUNTING FOR THAT. 50

&&

.FIRE WEATHER...
DRIER AIR ALOFT HAS MADE IT INTO WESTERN AND CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
TODAY. MOST DEVELOPING CUMULUS CLOUDS LOSING OUT TO DRY AIR
ENTRAINMENT. STILL EXPECTING ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS LATE
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS...ESPECIALLY WESTERN AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS. NAM INDICATING SHOWERS OR STORMS COULD CONTINUE
TO LINGER PAST SUNSET OVER THE NORTHWEST PLATEAU.

FLOW ALOFT TRANSITIONS TO SOUTHWESTERLY WEDNESDAY MORNING. WARMEST
TEMPS IN QUITE SOMETIME REMAIN ON TRACK FOR WEDNESDAY. WELL BELOW
AVERAGE TEMPERATURES AS OF LATE WILL MAKE NEAR AVERAGE TEMPS FEEL
DOWN RIGHT VERY WARM TO HOT. SOUTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL RESULT IN
WEAK SURFACE LOW PRESSURE OVER THE NORTHEAST NM WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.
RESULTING SURFACE CONVERGENCE NEAR THE LOW CENTER WILL RESULT IN
ISOLATED TO PERHAPS SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHEAST
HIGHLANDS EAST-NORTHEASTWARD TO THE FAR NORTHEAST PLAINS WEDNESDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

ALL MODELS REMAIN ON TRACK FOR WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY. AS AN
UPPER LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHES FROM NM FROM THE WEST...LOW LEVEL GULF
MOISTURE WILL SURGE NORTHWESTWARD FROM CENTRAL TX INTO THE EASTERN
PLAINS LATE WEDNESDAY NIGHT INTO THURSDAY MORNING. THIS AREA WILL BE
THE FAVORED AREA FOR THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY AND THURSDAY EVENING.
WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN...DRY AIR ALOFT EXPECTED TO WIN
OUT.

GFS AND ECMWF BOTH ON BOARD BRINGING A STRONG BACKDOOR COLD FRONT
THROUGH ERN NM FRIDAY EVENING AND THEN WWD INTO THE RGV AND BEYOND
LATE FRIDAY NIGHT/SATURDAY MORNING. THIS FRONT AND THE LOW LEVEL
MOISTURE BEHIND IT...SET THE STAGE FOR A WEAK SHORT-WAVE TROUGH
MOVING EWD THROUGH THE CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN ROCKIES SATURDAY. BOTH
MODELS GENERATE SIGNIFICANT WETTING PRECIPITATION IN THE FORM OF
SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER MUCH OF CENTRAL
NEW MEXICO SATURDAY AFTERNOON. MODELS ALSO TRENDING FARTHER WEST
WITH CONVECTION SATURDAY EVENING...MOST LIKELY AS FAR WEST AS THE
CONTINENTAL DIVIDE.

VENTILATION RATES REMAIN GOOD TO EXCELLENT THROUGH FRIDAY...THEN
DECREASE BEHIND THE BACKDOOR FRONT SATURDAY. MINIMUM RELATIVE
HUMIDITY VALUES DROP BELOW 15 PERCENT OVER MUCH OF WESTERN NEW
MEXICO WEDNESDAY AND REMAIN THAT WAY THROUGH FRIDAY. NAM AND GFS
BOTH PROGGING HIGH HAINES AND BREEZY CONDITIONS EACH AFTERNOON
WEDNESDAY THROUGH FRIDAY IN THE SOUTHWEST MOUNTAINS BUT WITH ERC
VALUES BELOW TO WELL BELOW AVERAGE...NOT ANTICIPATING ANY MAJOR
CONCERNS FOR THE ONE REGION OF THE FORECAST AREA THAT HAS NOT HAD
WELL ABOVE AVG PRECIPITATION. 33

&&

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

&&

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
530 AM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

NMZ501>540-271200-
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-
530 AM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

A SURGE OF MOISTURE IS EXPECTED INTO EASTERN NEW MEXICO WEDNESDAY
NIGHT AND THURSDAY. THIS COULD INITIATE A PERIOD OF SCATTERED TO
WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WITH PERHAPS SOME STRONG STORMS AND
LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE WETTER CONDITIONS MAY CONTINUE THROUGH
THE UPCOMING WEEKEND AS A FRONT PUSHES INTO THE REGION FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
540 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

NMZ527-530-270015-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-UNION COUNTY-
540 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL
615 PM MDT...

AT 539 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR FOLSOM...OR 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES
MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DES MOINES AND FOLSOM.

&&

LAT...LON 3683 10409 3694 10407 3699 10377 3685 10367
      3672 10379
TIME...MOT...LOC 2339Z 272DEG 10KT 3687 10401

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
612 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

NMZ527-270045-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-
612 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM MDT...

AT 611 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SUGARITE...OR 10 MILES EAST
OF RATON...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN COLFAX
COUNTY.

&&

LAT...LON 3672 10400 3677 10429 3679 10427 3679 10435
      3681 10435 3681 10432 3685 10430 3689 10437
      3691 10436 3699 10401
TIME...MOT...LOC 0011Z 268DEG 12KT 3685 10425

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
614 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

NMZ527-530-270045-
RATON RIDGE/JOHNSON MESA-UNION COUNTY-
614 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL
645 PM MDT...

AT 614 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER FOLSOM...OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF DES
MOINES...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FOLSOM.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE CAPULIN VOLCANO NATIONAL
MONUMENT.

&&

LAT...LON 3690 10358 3679 10358 3676 10359 3678 10398
      3678 10399 3688 10400 3692 10400 3692 10399
      3700 10374 3699 10362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0014Z 264DEG 12KT 3687 10392

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
636 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 2015

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

0529 PM     HAIL             RATON                   36.89N 104.44W
05/26/2015  E0.75 INCH       COLFAX             NM   TWITTER FEED

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ1502227

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