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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 252, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 8, 2018Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 2018, 7:03 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 8, 2018, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired: Aug 8, 2018, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 61 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2567 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 108 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

113 
WUUS55 KABQ 090103
SVRABQ
NMC041-090130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0252.180809T0103Z-180809T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
703 PM MDT WED AUG 8 2018

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Roosevelt County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 703 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
  Causey, or 19 miles southeast of Portales, moving southwest at 10
  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...
  Dora, Causey and Rogers. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3378 10310 3397 10334 3408 10307 3405 10304
      3393 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0103Z 043DEG 8KT 3400 10309 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 8, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	36 min
Aug 8, 6:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	33 min
Aug 8, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	31 min
Aug 8, 6:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	42 min
Aug 8, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	16 min
Aug 8, 6:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	49 min
Aug 8, 6:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	52 min
Aug 8, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	36 min
Aug 8, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	46 min
Aug 8, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	25 min
Aug 8, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	53 min
Aug 8, 7:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	36 min
Aug 8, 7:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	118 min
Aug 8, 7:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	114 min
Aug 8, 7:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	46 min
Aug 8, 7:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	49 min
Aug 8, 8:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	20 min
Aug 8, 8:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	29 min
Aug 8, 8:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe	2 hr
Aug 8, 8:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt and 1 more	116 min
Aug 8, 10:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe	118 min
Aug 9, 1:53 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ		24 hr
Aug 9, 1:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 9, 1:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Taos	3 hr
Aug 9, 1:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Taos	3 hr
Aug 9, 2:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Taos	3 hr
Aug 9, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	30 min
Aug 9, 2:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Taos	14 min
Aug 9, 2:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	118 min
Aug 9, 2:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Santa Fe	51 min
Aug 9, 2:58 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	75 min
Aug 9, 3:05 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Aug 9, 3:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	54 min
Aug 9, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Aug 9, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	45 min
Aug 9, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	33 min
Aug 9, 3:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	43 min
Aug 9, 3:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	31 min
Aug 9, 3:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	36 min
Aug 9, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	49 min
Aug 9, 4:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	114 min
Aug 9, 4:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	51 min
Aug 9, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	48 min
Aug 9, 4:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	27 min
Aug 9, 4:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	23 min
Aug 9, 4:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	37 min
Aug 9, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	34 min
Aug 9, 4:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Aug 9, 4:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	31 min
Aug 9, 4:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	29 min
Aug 9, 4:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	29 min
Aug 9, 4:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	56 min
Aug 9, 4:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	18 min
Aug 9, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Aug 9, 4:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Aug 9, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	33 min
Aug 9, 5:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance	3 hr
Aug 9, 5:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	27 min
Aug 9, 5:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	39 min
Aug 9, 5:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	44 min
Aug 9, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Aug 9, 5:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	26 min
Aug 9, 5:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	28 min
Aug 9, 5:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance	114 min
Aug 9, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	37 min
Aug 9, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	46 min
Aug 9, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	26 min
Aug 9, 5:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	37 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.