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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2018, 5:52 PM MDT for Harding County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 68 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
- Jun 7, 2018, 5:52 PM MDT (23:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 2018, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -347 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3186 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 7, 5:41 PM MDT, 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 5:41 PM MDT, 11 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:30 AM MDT, 14 hours 22 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 330 AM MDT Thu Jun 7 2018 NMZ501>540-081100- 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- 330 AM MDT Thu Jun 7 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday No hazardous weather is expected at this time. However, weather can change very rapidly. Always use the latest forecasts, watches and warning for planning purposes. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. Guyer
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 7, 4:14 PM MDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
414 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2018
NMZ527-530-072245-
Union County-Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa-
414 PM MDT THU JUN 7 2018
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION AND EASTERN
COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...
At 413 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Folsom, or near Des Moines, moving east at 15 mph.
Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.
Heavy rain will also be possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Des Moines, Folsom, Grenville and Mount Dora.
Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3679 10330 3641 10355 3681 10406 3700 10391
3700 10381
TIME...MOT...LOC 2213Z 285DEG 14KT 3686 10385
33Local storm report, Jun 7, 4:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 4:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
| Jun 7, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 48 min |
| Jun 7, 5:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 48 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.