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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 138, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 16 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 21, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 21, 2018, 6:01 PM MDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Lincoln County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:47 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 179 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2778 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 21, 5:31 PM MDT, 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 5:31 PM MDT, 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 341 AM MDT Thu Jun 21 2018 NMZ501>540-221200- 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- 341 AM MDT Thu Jun 21 2018 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A few strong to severe thunderstorms with large hail and damaging winds are possible today and tonight over northeast and portions of east central New Mexico. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday Critical fire weather conditions are likely Friday afternoon over portions of northeast and eastern New Mexico. In addition, a few strong to severe thunderstorms are possible over far northeast New Mexico Friday afternoon and evening. Near record high temperatures are also expected over portions of the east and south Friday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 21, 4:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 20, 11:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 12:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 50 min |
| Jun 21, 1:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 30 min |
| Jun 21, 1:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 44 min |
| Jun 21, 1:57 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 63 min |
| Jun 21, 2:59 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 61 min |
| Jun 21, 2:34 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan | 30 hr |
| Jun 21, 4:04 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 26 min |
| Jun 21, 4:08 PM MDT | Heat Advisory | ABQ | 29 hr | |
| Jun 21, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 5:09 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 36 min |
| Jun 21, 5:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 5:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jun 21, 5:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 38 min |
| Jun 21, 5:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 61 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.