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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 30, 2017Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2017, 5:14 PM MDT for Union 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: Jun 30, 2017, 5:14 PM MDT (23:14 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 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 Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 188 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:14 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 30, 5:54 PM MDT	HAIL 1	13 S Mount Dora, NM
Jun 30, 5:55 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 70	14 Nw Sedan, NM

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

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 200 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: 1234 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -368 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1202 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

283 
WUUS55 KABQ 302314
SVRABQ
NMC059-010000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0252.170630T2314Z-170701T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
514 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 2017

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central Union County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 514 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southwest
  of Mount Dora, or 25 miles west of Clayton, moving southeast at 25
  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. 

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  central Union County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather, contact the National Weather Service 
office in Albuquerque at 1.888.386.7637.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3642 10315 3608 10348 3609 10353 3639 10379
      3652 10368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 311DEG 20KT 3638 10363 

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

Shoemake

2 follow-up statements

217 
WWUS55 KABQ 302334
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
534 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 2017

NMC059-010000-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-170701T0000Z/
Union-
534 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL UNION COUNTY...

At 534 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles south of
Mount Dora, or 19 miles southwest of Clayton, moving southeast at 25
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. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
central Union County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3610 10346 3634 10363 3642 10352 3637 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2334Z 302DEG 23KT 3631 10347 

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

Shoemake

969 
WWUS55 KABQ 302349
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
549 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 2017

NMC059-010000-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0252.000000T0000Z-170701T0000Z/
Union-
549 PM MDT FRI JUN 30 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY...

At 549 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles northwest
of Sedan, or 18 miles southwest of Clayton, moving southeast at 25
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. 

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
southeastern Union County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3610 10346 3628 10353 3638 10343 3637 10320
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 311DEG 20KT 3625 10339 

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

Shoemake

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 30, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	49 min
Jun 30, 2:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	52 min
Jun 30, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	53 min
Jun 30, 2:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	30 min
Jun 30, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	28 min
Jun 30, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	45 min
Jun 30, 4:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	42 min
Jun 30, 4:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	41 min
Jun 30, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	40 min
Jun 30, 4:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
Jun 30, 5:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	112 min
Jun 30, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	43 min
Jun 30, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Jun 30, 5:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
Jun 30, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	24 min
Jun 30, 5:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	51 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.