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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 8, 2016Colfax County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 203 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-07-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
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

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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

$$

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1 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
 
$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 8, 1:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora40 min
Jul 8, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel23 min
Jul 8, 2:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax29 min
Jul 8, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora24 min
Jul 8, 2:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel36 min
Jul 8, 2:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron32 min
Jul 8, 2:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel29 min
Jul 8, 2:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron117 min
Jul 8, 2:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax25 min
Jul 8, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax29 min
Jul 8, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel56 min
Jul 8, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel60 min
Jul 8, 2:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax28 min
Jul 8, 3:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax40 min
Jul 8, 3:36 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQCibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more37 hr
Jul 8, 3:36 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more37 hr
Jul 8, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe51 min
Jul 8, 4:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Jul 8, 4:03 PM MDTTornado WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora27 min
Jul 8, 4:27 PM MDTTornado WarningABQColfax, Harding21 min
Jul 8, 4:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe21 min
Jul 8, 4:32 PM MDTTornado WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora28 min
Jul 8, 4:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax111 min
Jul 8, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Union43 min
Jul 8, 4:57 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Torrance3 hr
Jul 8, 4:57 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron4 hr
Jul 8, 5:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora28 min
Jul 8, 5:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax35 min
Jul 8, 5:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron3 hr
Jul 8, 5:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ27 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.