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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 20, 2018Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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: May 20, 2018, 5:45 PM MDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2018, 6:18 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 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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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 May 20, 5:03 PM MDT, 42 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 5:03 PM MDT, 42 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 4:18 AM MDT, 13 hours 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 20, 5:30 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
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, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	26 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

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.