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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 11, 2016De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2016, 5:59 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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 11, 2016, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2016, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County De Baca County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 279 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 2016-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 938 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2016-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -27 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-113 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1189 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 11, 5:43 PM MDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 11, 5:43 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 11, 5:19 AM MDT, 12 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
519 AM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

NMZ501>540-121200-
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-
519 AM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY
RAINFALL WILL LEAD TO MINOR FLOODING TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE
STRONGER STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LOCALIZED AREAS OF
FLASH FLOODING...ESPECIALLY NEAR MOUNTAINOUS TERRAIN AND FLOOD
PRONE LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. HOWEVER...WEATHER CAN
CHANGE VERY RAPIDLY. ALWAYS USE THE LATEST FORECASTS...WATCHES AND
WARNING FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

GUYER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 11, 3:08 PM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
308 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

NMZ536-538-112145-
CHAVES COUNTY PLAINS-ROOSEVELT COUNTY-
308 PM MDT SAT JUN 11 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL ROOSEVELT AND EAST
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

AT 308 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ELKINS...OR 38 MILES
NORTHWEST OF TATUM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

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

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
ROOSEVELT AND EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 3357 10372 3350 10372 3347 10383 3362 10397
      3385 10373 3357 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2108Z 229DEG 16KT 3361 10383

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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 4:16 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:24 PM MDT, 35 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 11, 5:59 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 7:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance34 min
Jun 10, 8:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro2 hr
Jun 10, 8:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe28 min
Jun 10, 10:19 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe116 min
Jun 11, 4:29 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Quay2 hr
Jun 11, 9:28 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt32 min
Jun 11, 12:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln36 min
Jun 11, 12:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln30 min
Jun 11, 1:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe31 min
Jun 11, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ28 min
Jun 11, 1:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel23 min
Jun 11, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe35 min
Jun 11, 2:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe29 min
Jun 11, 2:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, San Miguel2 hr
Jun 11, 2:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ23 min
Jun 11, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt37 min
Jun 11, 3:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt21 min
Jun 11, 3:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Roosevelt2 hr
Jun 11, 4:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt29 min
Jun 11, 4:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe36 min
Jun 11, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt28 min
Jun 11, 5:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt36 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2016Every 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.