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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 278, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2018, 9:45 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
- Aug 14, 2018, 9:45 PM MDT (03:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 2018, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 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 03:46 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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 14, 8:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 844 PM MDT TUE AUG 14 2018 NMZ515-527-150300- East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa- 844 PM MDT TUE AUG 14 2018 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY UNTIL 900 PM MDT... At 843 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15 miles northwest of Raton Crews Airport, or 16 miles west of Raton, moving east at 10 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will move along state road 555 within rural areas of north central Colfax County. && LAT...LON 3670 10467 3685 10500 3700 10495 3699 10458 TIME...MOT...LOC 0243Z 283DEG 10KT 3687 10473 Guyer
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 8:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 16 min |
| Aug 14, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 55 min |
| Aug 14, 9:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 113 min |
| Aug 14, 10:51 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 9 min |
| Aug 14, 11:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 98 min |
| Aug 14, 11:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 41 min |
| Aug 15, 12:06 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 12:07 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 113 min |
| Aug 15, 12:15 AM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 12:51 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 1:18 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 1:48 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 1:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:29 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 15, 1:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 2:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 27 min |
| Aug 15, 2:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Torrance | 117 min |
| Aug 15, 2:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 2:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 2:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 46 min |
| Aug 15, 3:03 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 117 min |
| Aug 15, 3:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 26 min |
| Aug 15, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 44 min |
| Aug 15, 4:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 22 min |
| Aug 15, 4:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 36 min |
| Aug 15, 4:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 32 min |
| Aug 15, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 24 min |
| Aug 15, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 111 min |
| Aug 15, 4:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 4:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 25 min |
| Aug 15, 4:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Torrance | 112 min |
| Aug 15, 4:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 35 min |
| Aug 15, 4:57 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 33 min |
| Aug 15, 5:08 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 2 hr |
| Aug 15, 5:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Roosevelt | 37 min |
| Aug 15, 5:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 117 min |
| Aug 15, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 51 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.