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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 19, 2018Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2018, 6:54 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2018, 6:54 PM MDT (00:54 UTC)
Expired: May 19, 2018, 7:20 PM MDT
In force: 26 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:57 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 19, 7:05 PM MDT	HAIL 0.88	Newkirk, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 217 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 4796 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

529 
WUUS55 KABQ 200054
SVRABQ
NMC019-037-200145-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0021.180520T0054Z-180520T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
654 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2018

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Quay County in east central New Mexico...
  Northeastern Guadalupe County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 653 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Newkirk, or
  24 miles northeast of Santa Rosa, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees. 

* Locations impacted include...
  Newkirk.

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 296 and 310.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3507 10437 3516 10431 3504 10395 3487 10408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0053Z 300DEG 22KT 3508 10428 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

124 
WWUS55 KABQ 200120
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
720 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2018

NMC019-037-200130-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-180520T0145Z/
Quay-Guadalupe-
720 PM MDT SAT MAY 19 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL QUAY AND
NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3507 10437 3516 10431 3504 10395 3487 10408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0118Z 300DEG 22KT 3499 10410 

$$

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 6:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	23 min
May 19, 6:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	35 min
May 19, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	26 min
May 19, 6:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	14 min
May 19, 6:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		52 min
May 19, 8:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	40 min
May 19, 8:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	31 min
May 19, 9:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	51 min
May 19, 9:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	52 min
May 19, 9:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	65 min
May 19, 10:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	45 min
May 19, 11:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry	117 min
May 20, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	30 min
May 20, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	33 min

Nearby

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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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.