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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 7, 2018

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2018, 2:21 PM MDT. It was in force for 24 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 7, 2018, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2018, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 127 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2018-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 215 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2018-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-331 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2388 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

155 
WWUS85 KABQ 072021
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
221 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018
 
NMZ508-072045-
Southwest Mountains-
221 PM MDT TUE AUG 7 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL SOCORRO COUNTY UNTIL
245 PM MDT...

At 220 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northeast of National Radio Astronomy Observatory, or 17 miles
east of Datil, moving southwest at 5 mph.

Penny size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central
Socorro County.

Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until
this storm passes.

&&

LAT...LON 3433 10757 3422 10740 3406 10757 3421 10772
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 035DEG 6KT 3422 10754 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:04 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Socorro116 min
Aug 6, 8:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion32 min
Aug 6, 9:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion26 min
Aug 7, 1:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos36 min
Aug 7, 2:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe87 min
Aug 7, 3:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro2 hr
Aug 7, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron36 min
Aug 7, 3:31 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCatron29 min
Aug 7, 3:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron116 min
Aug 7, 3:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance2 hr
Aug 7, 4:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia32 min
Aug 7, 4:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron111 min
Aug 7, 5:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance30 min
Aug 7, 5:02 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQTorrance118 min
Aug 7, 5:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax52 min
Aug 7, 5:23 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe37 min
Aug 7, 5:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe37 min
Aug 7, 5:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax62 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.