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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 8, 2017Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 2017, 5:14 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
May 8, 2017, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired
May 8, 2017, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Harding County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 8, 5:30 PM MDTHAIL 1.252 Ese Roy, NM
May 8, 5:30 PM MDTHAIL 1.75Roy, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 8, 4:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 231 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2017-05-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2017-05-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -199 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-199 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-187 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

894 
WUUS55 KABQ 082314
SVRABQ
NMC021-090000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0021.170508T2314Z-170509T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
514 PM MDT MON MAY 8 2017

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Harding County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 513 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Roy, or 17
  miles northwest of Mosquero, moving northeast at 5 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Roy, Mills and Chicosa Lake State Park. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3579 10421 3590 10436 3591 10434 3592 10435
      3593 10434 3594 10436 3594 10434 3596 10435
      3595 10434 3596 10433 3597 10434 3615 10425
      3599 10393
TIME...MOT...LOC 2313Z 226DEG 5KT 3591 10422 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding, Union45 min
May 7, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion46 min
May 7, 7:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion47 min
May 7, 8:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion51 min
May 8, 3:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding26 min
May 8, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay47 min
May 8, 4:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel40 min
May 8, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca18 min
May 8, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca29 min
May 8, 4:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay47 min
May 8, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe28 min
May 8, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe39 min
May 8, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel23 min
May 8, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay48 min
May 8, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel29 min
May 8, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel27 min
May 8, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves40 min
May 8, 5:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding49 min
May 8, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.