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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 25, 2017Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Sep 25, 2017, 9:21 AM MDT for Harding 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: Sep 25, 2017, 9:21 AM MDT (15:21 UTC)
Expired: Sep 25, 2017, 9:45 AM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Harding County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 890 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -16 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 664 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 177 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.4

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Sep 25, 5:33 AM MDT, 3 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 25, 5:33 AM MDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 25, 4:33 AM MDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
433 AM MDT Mon Sep 25 2017

NMZ501>540-261100-
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-
433 AM MDT Mon Sep 25 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of northern and
central New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Freezing temperatures will persist for a couple of hours after
sunrise today in parts of the San Juan basin near Farmington,
Bloomfield, and Aztec.

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected to periodically
develop over eastern New Mexico today and tonight. Some strong storms
with hail, gusty downburst winds, and locally heavy rainfall are
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Thunderstorms will be possible much of the remainder of the week, in
particular on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday. A few strong storms
with small hail, gusty downburst winds, and locally heavy rainfall
will be possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report any rainfall through the National
Weather Service Albuquerque web site at weather.gov/abq or by calling
1.888.386.7637. You can also submit storm reports and photos on our
Facebook page or via Twitter using the hashtag nmwx.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:05 AM MDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:30 AM MDT, 51 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 8:37 AM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 9:08 AM MDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 9:13 AM MDT, 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 25, 9:21 AM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 24, 11:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	28 min
Sep 24, 11:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	44 min
Sep 25, 1:31 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	119 min
Sep 25, 6:54 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	36 min
Sep 25, 8:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	28 min
Sep 25, 8:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	25 min
Sep 25, 8:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	45 min
Sep 25, 8:37 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	38 min
Sep 25, 8:41 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	2 hr
Sep 25, 9:08 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	37 min
Sep 25, 9:13 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	32 min
Sep 25, 9:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	46 min
Sep 25, 10:56 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	2 hr
Sep 25, 2:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	39 min
Sep 25, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	51 min
Sep 25, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	52 min
Sep 25, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	32 min
Sep 25, 3:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	44 min
Sep 25, 3:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	41 min
Sep 25, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	33 min
Sep 25, 4:22 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	113 min
Sep 25, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	47 min
Sep 25, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	32 min
Sep 25, 5:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
Sep 25, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	50 min
Sep 25, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	46 min
Sep 25, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
Sep 25, 5:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	41 min
Sep 25, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	45 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in New Mexico, 2017 Every special weather statement in 2017

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.