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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 4, 2017San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2017, 5:21 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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
Aug 4, 2017, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2017, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 203 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 2017-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2017-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1507 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

180 
WWUS85 KABQ 042321
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
521 PM MDT FRI AUG 4 2017
 
NMZ532-042345-
Eastern San Miguel County-
521 PM MDT FRI AUG 4 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

At 521 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Variadero, or 30 miles northeast of Santa Rosa, moving northeast at
15 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Conchas, Variadero and Conchas Lake State Park. 

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

&&

LAT...LON 3521 10442 3522 10443 3529 10452 3553 10439
      3537 10415
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 223DEG 13KT 3533 10440 

$$

Shoemake

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 6:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRoosevelt111 min
Aug 3, 7:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt25 min
Aug 3, 7:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt24 min
Aug 3, 7:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt30 min
Aug 3, 7:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt33 min
Aug 4, 1:39 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola3 hr
Aug 4, 12:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola34 min
Aug 4, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval28 min
Aug 4, 1:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel2 hr
Aug 4, 2:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Taos2 hr
Aug 4, 2:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola2 hr
Aug 4, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval3 hr
Aug 4, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval36 min
Aug 4, 3:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval2 hr
Aug 4, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo36 min
Aug 4, 3:26 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln34 min
Aug 4, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln34 min
Aug 4, 3:44 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo2 hr
Aug 4, 4:12 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe33 min
Aug 4, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe35 min
Aug 4, 4:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQDe Baca, Guadalupe3 hr

Nearby

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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.