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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 4, 2017Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2017, 3:26 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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: Jul 4, 2017, 3:26 PM MDT (21:26 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2017, 4:15 PM MDT
In force: 49 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:28 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.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 138 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: 52 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -472 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2067 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

368 
WUUS55 KABQ 042126
SVRABQ
NMC037-042215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0310.170704T2126Z-170704T2215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
326 PM MDT TUE JUL 4 2017

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Quay County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 415 PM MDT.

* At 326 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles west of
  Nara Visa, moving southeast at 15 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Nara Visa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flows in arroyos, ditches and over low water
crossings. Do not attempt to drive through areas where water covers
the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 10315 3563 10338 3574 10325 3574 10319
      3560 10304 3544 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2126Z 317DEG 13KT 3564 10324 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

886 
WWUS55 KABQ 042152
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
352 PM MDT TUE JUL 4 2017

NMC037-042215-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-170704T2215Z/
Quay-
352 PM MDT TUE JUL 4 2017

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 415 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY...

At 352 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nara Visa,
moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

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

Locations impacted include...
Nara Visa.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and damaging winds. People outside
should move to a shelter, inside a strong building and away from
windows.

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flow in arroyos, ditches and over low water crossings. Do
not attempt to drive through areas where water covers the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3557 10333 3566 10311 3560 10304 3544 10304
      3536 10315
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 317DEG 13KT 3557 10316 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	35 min
Jul 4, 3:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, Union	20 min
Jul 4, 3:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	51 min
Jul 4, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	52 min
Jul 4, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	35 min
Jul 4, 4:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	45 min
Jul 4, 4:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	30 min
Jul 4, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	61 min
Jul 4, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	49 min
Jul 4, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 min
Jul 4, 5:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	42 min
Jul 4, 5:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 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.