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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 6, 2016Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2016, 2:15 PM MDT for Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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: Jun 6, 2016, 2:15 PM MDT (20:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 6, 2016, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 128 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -466 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1964 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 6, 11:51 AM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 11:51 AM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 5:10 AM MDT, 9 hours 5 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
510 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

NMZ501>540-071200-
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-
510 AM MDT MON JUN 6 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP AGAIN THIS AFTERNOON INTO
TONIGHT FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS SOUTHEASTWARD ACROSS MUCH OF
EASTERN NM. SOME STORMS MAY BE STRONG OR SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND
EARLY EVENING. HOWEVER...GIVEN ABUNDANT ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE FOR
EARLY JUNE...HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING WILL ALSO BE A
CONCERN THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE OVERNIGHT HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WORK
WEEK AND INTO THIS COMING WEEKEND...FAVORING AREAS ALONG AND EAST
OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN TUESDAY THEN ACROSS THE WESTERN AND
NORTHERN MOUNTAINS FROM WEDNESDAY ON. A FEW STORMS MAY BE STRONG
WITH GUSTY WINDS...HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. ISOLATED FLASH FLOODING
WILL BE A CONCERN.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT HIGH WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND
RAIN AMOUNTS THROUGH THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE WEB
SITE AT WEATHER.GOV/ABQ OR BY CALLING 1.888.386.7637. YOU CAN ALSO
SUBMIT STORM REPORTS AND PHOTOS ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE OR VIA
TWITTER USING THE HASHTAG NMWX.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 12:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 6, 2:15 PM MDT, 0 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
Jun 5, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	30 min
Jun 5, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	35 min
Jun 5, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Jun 5, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	27 min
Jun 5, 6:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	48 min
Jun 5, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	25 min
Jun 5, 7:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	42 min
Jun 5, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	14 min
Jun 5, 7:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	36 min
Jun 5, 8:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	28 min
Jun 5, 8:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	37 min
Jun 5, 9:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	56 min
Jun 5, 9:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
Jun 5, 9:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	39 min
Jun 6, 12:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	47 min
Jun 6, 2:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	24 min
Jun 6, 2:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	28 min
Jun 6, 2:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	37 min
Jun 6, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	22 min
Jun 6, 2:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	24 min
Jun 6, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Jun 6, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	40 min
Jun 6, 3:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	25 min
Jun 6, 3:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	114 min
Jun 6, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	31 min
Jun 6, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	38 min
Jun 6, 4:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	43 min
Jun 6, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jun 6, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	48 min
Jun 6, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	28 min
Jun 6, 4:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	16 min
Jun 6, 5:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Torrance	43 min
Jun 6, 5:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2016 Every special weather statement in 2016

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.