Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2016, 3:26 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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
- Jul 8, 2016, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 8, 2016, 4:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 2.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Colfax County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 199 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:27 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 nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 259 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
- 203 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -356 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3139 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
463
WUUS55 KABQ 082126
SVRABQ
NMC007-082215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0113.160708T2126Z-160708T2215Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
326 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO...
* UNTIL 415 PM MDT
* AT 325 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES EAST OF
MAXWELL...OR 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF SPRINGER...MOVING SOUTH AT 20
MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBOTT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL BUILT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3625 10404 3622 10426 3622 10436 3658 10440
3662 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2125Z 348DEG 17KT 3653 10428
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
541 follow-up statement
494
WWUS55 KABQ 082150
SVSABQ
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
350 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016
NMC007-082215-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0113.000000T0000Z-160708T2215Z/
COLFAX-
350 PM MDT FRI JUL 8 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY...
AT 349 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES NORTH OF
ABBOTT...OR 19 MILES EAST OF SPRINGER...MOVING SOUTH AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...TWO INCH HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT HAIL
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES. EXPECT
WIND DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ABBOTT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THIS STORM IS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY
STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DEADLY STORM. SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE. ABANDON VEHICLES IN
SEARCH OF A MORE SUBSTANTIAL PERMANENT STRUCTURE. STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND
LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY.
LIGHTNING IS ONE OF NATURES LEADING KILLERS. REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN
HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.
&&
LAT...LON 3625 10404 3622 10426 3622 10436 3658 10440
3662 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 2149Z 348DEG 17KT 3641 10425
HAIL...2.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
54The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 1:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 23 min |
| Jul 8, 2:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 2:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 24 min |
| Jul 8, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 36 min |
| Jul 8, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 32 min |
| Jul 8, 2:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 2:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 117 min |
| Jul 8, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 25 min |
| Jul 8, 2:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 29 min |
| Jul 8, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 56 min |
| Jul 8, 2:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 60 min |
| Jul 8, 2:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 40 min |
| Jul 8, 3:36 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 37 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:36 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more | 37 hr |
| Jul 8, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 51 min |
| Jul 8, 4:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:03 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora | 27 min |
| Jul 8, 4:27 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding | 21 min |
| Jul 8, 4:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 21 min |
| Jul 8, 4:32 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 111 min |
| Jul 8, 4:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Union | 43 min |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, Torrance | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 4:57 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Catron | 4 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 28 min |
| Jul 8, 5:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 35 min |
| Jul 8, 5:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Jul 8, 5:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 27 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.