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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 22, 2018Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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 22, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired: Jun 22, 2018, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Curry County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 1014 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -74 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2931 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 144 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 298 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 3.9

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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 22, 5:38 PM MDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 5:38 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 22, 3:28 AM MDT, 14 hours 32 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
328 AM MDT Fri Jun 22 2018

NMZ501>540-231200-
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-
328 AM MDT Fri Jun 22 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Near record high temperatures are likely over portions of central and
southern New Mexico. A Heat Advisory is in effect for the Chaves
County Plains. A Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon to 9 pm for
the Northwest Plateau, Northern Mountains and Northeast Highlands
where low humidities combined with strong winds will create critical
fire weather conditions. A few strong to severe thunderstorms are
possible this afternoon and evening over portions of the northeast
and east central.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Critical fire weather conditions are possible over portions of
northern and eastern New Mexico Sunday. Temperatures in the upper
90s to near 104 degrees will be widespread over the east central and
southeast Sunday afternoon.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather or any heat impacts
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

Local storm report, Jun 22, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
446 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0422 PM     HAIL             11 ENE FOLSOM           36.91N 103.73W
06/22/2018  M1.75 INCH       UNION              NM   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ201800701

GUYER

Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:18 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
518 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0453 PM     TORNADO          10 NNE MOUNT DORA       36.65N 103.40W
06/22/2018                   UNION              NM   FIRE DEPT/RESCUE

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ201800702

AGC

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:21 PM MDT, 39 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
521 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018

NMZ534-535-222345-
Curry County-Quay County-
521 PM MDT FRI JUN 22 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTH CENTRAL QUAY AND CURRY
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM MDT...

At 520 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles northwest of Ranchvale, or 16 miles northwest of Clovis, moving
east at 40 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Clovis, Farwell, Texico, Melrose, Saint Vrain, Cannon Air Force Base,
Ranchvale, Portair and Pleasant Hill.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Frequent dangerous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this
storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a
safe shelter inside a building or vehicle.

&&

LAT...LON 3434 10367 3470 10367 3482 10304 3430 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 266DEG 33KT 3457 10341

Guyer

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 5:45 PM MDT, 15 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:50 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 5:57 PM MDT, 3 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
Jun 22, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	16 min
Jun 23, 1:44 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	13 hr
Jun 23, 3:26 AM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ		18 hr
Jun 23, 2:22 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	29 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2018 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2018

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.