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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 30, 2018Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2018, 7:59 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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: Jul 30, 2018, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Jul 30, 2018, 8:38 PM MDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 264 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: 1907 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 283 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 10.6

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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 Jul 30, 5:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 5:13 PM MDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:38 AM MDT, 16 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
338 AM MDT Mon Jul 30 2018

NMZ501>540-311130-
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-
338 AM MDT Mon Jul 30 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A backdoor cold front will push westward through New Mexico today.
Showers and thunderstorms will most likely be confined to the
mountains and southeast plains. A few strong storms are possible this
afternoon and evening over the Sangre de Cristo Mountains along with
the southwest mountains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Storm coverage is forecast to increase Wednesday and continue to be
active Thursday through the weekend. Localized flash flooding,
especially over and near recent burn scars, is likely each afternoon
and evening.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts and any flooding
through the National Weather Service Albuquerque web site at
weather.gov/abq or by calling 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:18 PM MDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 6:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:36 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 30, 7:44 PM MDT, 15 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
Jul 30, 6:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	13 min
Jul 30, 6:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	27 min
Jul 30, 6:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	50 min
Jul 30, 6:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	114 min
Jul 30, 7:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	2 hr
Jul 30, 7:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	44 min
Jul 30, 7:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	24 min
Jul 30, 7:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	48 min
Jul 30, 7:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia	52 min
Jul 30, 7:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	64 min
Jul 30, 8:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	40 min
Jul 30, 8:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Jul 30, 10:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	28 min
Jul 30, 11:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	26 min
Jul 31, 1:20 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	25 min
Jul 31, 2:41 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	34 min
Jul 31, 3:17 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	28 min
Jul 31, 4:15 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	30 min
Jul 31, 3:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	35 min
Jul 31, 4:01 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 31, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	23 min
Jul 31, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	27 min
Jul 31, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	37 min
Jul 31, 4:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	27 min
Jul 31, 4:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	13 min
Jul 31, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	62 min
Jul 31, 5:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
Jul 31, 5:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 31, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	29 min
Jul 31, 5:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	50 min
Jul 31, 5:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	2 hr
Jul 31, 5:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	42 min
Jul 31, 5:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	22 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.