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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 22, 2018Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2018, 5:29 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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: Aug 22, 2018, 5:29 PM MDT (23:29 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2018, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 31 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 15 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:29 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
Aug 22, 5:44 PM MDT	TSTM WND DMG	2 W Albuquerque, 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 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 9 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: 59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -66 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1354 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

947 
WUUS55 KABQ 222329
SVRABQ
NMC001-043-061-230000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0310.180822T2329Z-180823T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
529 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2018

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Valencia County in central New Mexico...
  South central Sandoval County in north central New Mexico...
  Bernalillo County in central New Mexico...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 528 PM MDT, an outflow boundary from severe thunderstorms was 
  located along a line extending from 6 miles west of Cabezon to 
  Albuquerque to near Bosque Farms, moving northeast at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Very poor 
           visibility from blowing dust is also expected.

* Locations impacted include...
  Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Valencia, Los Lunas, Corrales, Bernalillo,
  Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, Bosque Farms, Peralta and Tijeras.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 140 and 176.
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 200 and 244.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3539 10660 3526 10635 3493 10636 3473 10685
      3494 10688 3513 10706
TIME...MOT...LOC 2328Z 233DEG 32KT 3523 10681 3508 10667 3485 10664 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DPorter

2 follow-up statements

673 
WWUS55 KABQ 222343
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
543 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2018

NMC001-043-061-230000-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-180823T0000Z/
Valencia-Sandoval-Bernalillo-
543 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2018

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN VALENCIA...SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND BERNALILLO
COUNTIES...

At 541 PM MDT, an outflow boundary associated with severe 
thunderstorms was located along a line extending from Rio Rancho to 
Albuquerque to 10 miles northeast of Meadow Lake, moving northeast 
at 40 mph. This outflow boundary has already produced peak wind 
gusts of 55 mph at the Double Eagle II Airport.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts. 

SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Very poor 
         visibility due to blowing dust is expected.

Locations impacted include...
Albuquerque, Rio Rancho, Los Lunas, Corrales, Bernalillo, Los Ranchos
De Albuquerque, Bosque Farms, Peralta, Tijeras and Coronado State
Monument.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 145 and 176.
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 204 and 244.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3539 10660 3526 10635 3493 10636 3480 10677
      3500 10683 3516 10696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2341Z 237DEG 35KT 3529 10665 3514 10651 3491 10648 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DPorter

909 
WWUS55 KABQ 222357
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
557 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2018

NMC001-043-061-230006-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-180823T0000Z/
Valencia-Sandoval-Bernalillo-
557 PM MDT WED AUG 22 2018

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN VALENCIA...SOUTH
CENTRAL SANDOVAL AND BERNALILLO COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 PM MDT...
            
The storms that prompted the warning have weakened below severe 
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty winds
up to 45 or 50 mph are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3539 10660 3526 10635 3493 10636 3480 10677
      3500 10683 3516 10696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 233DEG 32KT 3534 10657 3519 10643 3496 10640 

$$

DPorter

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 21, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	45 min
Aug 21, 6:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	4 hr
Aug 21, 6:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	40 min
Aug 21, 6:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	48 min
Aug 21, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
Aug 21, 9:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	117 min
Aug 22, 11:02 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	118 min
Aug 22, 1:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	118 min
Aug 22, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	38 min
Aug 22, 3:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	36 min
Aug 22, 3:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	86 min
Aug 22, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	35 min
Aug 22, 5:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	95 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.