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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 389, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2017, 6:18 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 22 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 2017, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2017, 6:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 22 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County San Miguel County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 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, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 284 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2289 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -6 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1216 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.3
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 13, 5:47 PM MDT, 31 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 5:47 PM MDT, 31 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 356 AM MDT Sun Aug 13 2017 NMZ501>540-141130- 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- 356 AM MDT Sun Aug 13 2017 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms across far northeast and east-central New Mexico this afternoon and evening. Storms will be capable of producing large hail, strong downburst winds, frequent lightning, and locally heavy rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday Thunderstorms will favor areas near and south of Interstate 40 Monday afternoon and evening. Drier air from the west will keep thunderstorms confined mainly to the eastern plains Tuesday through Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required this afternoon and evening for far northeast and east-central NM for severe storms. 33
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 13, 4:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 24 min |
| Aug 13, 6:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 6:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 7:06 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 114 min |
| Aug 14, 1:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 1:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 23 min | |
| Aug 14, 1:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 31 min | |
| Aug 14, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Aug 14, 2:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 2:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 43 min |
| Aug 14, 2:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 2:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 3:02 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora | 118 min |
| Aug 14, 3:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 3:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 3:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 35 min |
| Aug 14, 3:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Aug 14, 3:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Lincoln | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 47 min |
| Aug 14, 4:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Union | 116 min |
| Aug 14, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 4:35 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 5:04 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 9 min |
| Aug 14, 5:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 48 min |
| Aug 14, 5:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Union | 45 min |
| Aug 14, 5:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 29 min | |
| Aug 14, 5:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 47 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.