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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 9, 2016Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Oct 9, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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
Oct 9, 2016, 6:21 PM MDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Oct 9, 2016, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Harding County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 239 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 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 00:00Z on 2016-10-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 129 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
129 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

507 
WWUS85 KABQ 100021
SPSABQ

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
621 PM MDT SUN OCT 9 2016
 
NMZ528-530-531-100100-
UNION COUNTY-HARDING COUNTY-FAR NORTHEAST HIGHLANDS-
621 PM MDT SUN OCT 9 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN UNION...NORTH
CENTRAL HARDING AND SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM MDT...

AT 621 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 9
MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLADSTONE...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF MOSQUERO...MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

PENNY SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

HEAVY RAIN WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GLADSTONE AND YATES. 

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

ACCUMULATIONS OF SMALL HAIL ON ROADS CAN CREATE VERY SLICK AND
HAZARDOUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

&&

LAT...LON 3613 10426 3629 10416 3635 10384 3606 10382
TIME...MOT...LOC 0021Z 268DEG 12KT 3620 10409 

$$

CA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 9, 6:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion26 min
Oct 9, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo24 min
Oct 9, 6:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo48 min
Oct 9, 6:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln40 min
Oct 9, 6:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe43 min
Oct 9, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ23 min
Oct 9, 7:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion43 min
Oct 9, 7:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion42 min
Oct 9, 8:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion38 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.