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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 127, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2018, 5:46 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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 12, 2018, 5:46 PM MDT (23:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2018, 6:22 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:49 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1158 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -341 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 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 12, 5:25 PM MDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 12, 5:25 PM MDT, 21 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 325 AM MDT Tue Jun 12 2018 NMZ501>540-131130- 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- 325 AM MDT Tue Jun 12 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a marginal to slight risk of severe thunderstorms over far northeast New Mexico this afternoon and evening, where large hail and damaging winds are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Deep sub-tropical moisture from what is now Category 3 Hurricane Bud will increase chances for daily rounds of afternoon thunderstorms beginning Friday and persisting through the weekend. Main hazards from numerous thunderstorms will be frequent lightning, strong and gusty winds, heavy downpours and flash flooding. Recent burn scars will be especially susceptible to flash floods and debris flows. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. 33
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 3:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 317 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2018 NMZ527-530-122130- Union County-Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa- 317 PM MDT TUE JUN 12 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION COUNTY UNTIL 330 PM MDT... At 316 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Folsom, or 7 miles north of Des Moines, moving east at 10 mph. Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Des Moines and Folsom. && LAT...LON 3677 10401 3697 10401 3699 10370 3671 10371 TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 270DEG 10KT 3686 10388 Guyer
Local storm report, Jun 12, 4:51 PM MDT, 55 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 13 min |
| Jun 12, 3:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 52 min |
| Jun 12, 4:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 51 min |
| Jun 12, 5:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 27 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.