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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 22, 2016Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 12:07 AM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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: May 22, 2016, 12:07 AM MDT (06:07 UTC)
Expired: May 22, 2016, 12:45 AM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 79 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:08 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 903 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -58 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 220 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.0

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The text

As transmitted.

772 
WUUS55 KABQ 220607
SVRABQ
NMC041-220645-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0039.160522T0607Z-160522T0645Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1207 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...

* UNTIL 1245 AM MDT

* AT 1207 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF CAUSEY...OR 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  DORA...CAUSEY...ARCH AND ROGERS. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3381 10319 3390 10346 3430 10312 3430 10310
      3420 10304 3390 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0607Z 221DEG 31KT 3393 10321 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH

$$

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3 follow-up statements

157 
WWUS55 KABQ 220618
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1218 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NMC041-220645-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160522T0645Z/
ROOSEVELT-
1218 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY...

AT 1218 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 7 MILES SOUTH OF
ARCH...OR 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35
MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DORA...CAUSEY...ARCH AND ROGERS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATION GRULLA
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3381 10319 3390 10346 3430 10312 3430 10310
      3420 10304 3390 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0618Z 221DEG 31KT 3400 10313 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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904 
WWUS55 KABQ 220629
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1229 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NMC041-220645-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160522T0645Z/
ROOSEVELT-
1229 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 AM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY...

AT 1229 AM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ARCH...OR 18
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING AND TREES. 

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
DORA...CAUSEY...ARCH AND ROGERS. 

OTHER LOCATIONS AFFECTED INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LOCATION GRULLA
NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 3381 10319 3390 10346 3430 10312 3430 10310
      3420 10304 3390 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0629Z 220DEG 31KT 3408 10306 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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209 
WWUS55 KABQ 220643
SVSABQ

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1243 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016

NMC041-220653-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-160522T0645Z/
ROOSEVELT-
1243 AM MDT SUN MAY 22 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL ROOSEVELT COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 1245 AM MDT...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF THE AREA.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

LAT...LON 3381 10319 3390 10346 3430 10312 3430 10310
      3420 10304 3390 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0634Z 221DEG 31KT 3408 10306 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 21, 6:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	42 min
May 21, 7:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	13 min
May 21, 9:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel	51 min
May 21, 9:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	34 min
May 21, 9:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Quay	52 min
May 21, 10:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	62 min
May 21, 10:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	48 min
May 21, 11:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Harding, Quay, Union	48 min
May 22, 12:33 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	27 min
May 22, 12:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	32 min
May 22, 3:46 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	36 hr

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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.