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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 159, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 17, 2019San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2019, 4:21 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. 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 counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 17, 2019, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2019, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 17, 1:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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: 43 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Jun 17, 3:24 PM MDT, 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 3:24 PM MDT, 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 4:09 AM MDT, 12 hours 12 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
409 AM MDT Mon Jun 17 2019

NMZ501>540-181200-
Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands-
Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains-
San Francisco River Valley-San Juan Mountains-Jemez Mountains-
West Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
Northern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet/Red River-
Southern Sangre de Cristos above 9500 feet-
East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-
Lower Chama River Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains-Estancia Valley-
Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-Upper Tularosa Valley-
South Central Mountains-Raton Ridge/Johnson Mesa-
Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-Union County-
Harding County-Eastern San Miguel County-Guadalupe County-
Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-De Baca County-
Chaves County Plains-Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County-
409 AM MDT Mon Jun 17 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Severe storms are possible from the east slopes of the central
mountain chain east to the Texas border this afternoon and evening,
with the highest probabilities across the eastern plains. Large hail
and damaging winds will be the primary threats.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

A critical fire weather pattern will develop toward the end of the
work week and may extend into Saturday across eastern and southern
portions of New Mexico. Widespread critical fire weather conditions
are possible on Friday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required this afternoon and evening for
portions of eastern New Mexico due to a severe thunderstorm threat.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:29 PM MDT, 52 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:32 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:33 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:37 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:05 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:11 PM MDT, 10 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
Jun 16, 6:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	23 min
Jun 16, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	28 min
Jun 16, 7:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	28 min
Jun 16, 7:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	32 min
Jun 16, 7:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	113 min
Jun 16, 8:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	24 min
Jun 16, 10:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	34 min
Jun 17, 12:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	30 min
Jun 17, 12:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	23 min
Jun 17, 12:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	27 min
Jun 17, 12:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	30 min
Jun 17, 1:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	23 min
Jun 17, 1:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	63 min
Jun 17, 1:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	38 min
Jun 17, 1:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	28 min
Jun 17, 1:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora	113 min
Jun 17, 1:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	64 min
Jun 17, 1:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	42 min
Jun 17, 1:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	29 min
Jun 17, 1:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	24 min
Jun 17, 1:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Valencia	28 min
Jun 17, 1:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Jun 17, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	27 min
Jun 17, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	53 min
Jun 17, 2:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	27 min
Jun 17, 2:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	23 min
Jun 17, 2:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	2 hr
Jun 17, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	30 min
Jun 17, 2:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	28 min
Jun 17, 2:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Taos	22 min
Jun 17, 2:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Taos	2 hr
Jun 17, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	45 min
Jun 17, 2:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	24 min
Jun 17, 3:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	45 min
Jun 17, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
Jun 17, 3:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	26 min
Jun 17, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	45 min
Jun 17, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	32 min
Jun 17, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	46 min
Jun 17, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	28 min
Jun 17, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	27 min
Jun 17, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	23 min
Jun 17, 3:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	26 min
Jun 17, 3:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	46 min
Jun 17, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		25 min
Jun 17, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	34 min
Jun 17, 4:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	115 min
Jun 17, 4:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	35 min
Jun 17, 4:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
Jun 17, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	33 min
Jun 17, 4:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	32 min
Jun 17, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	27 min
Jun 17, 4:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	26 min
Jun 17, 4:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, Union	66 min
Jun 17, 4:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	53 min
Jun 17, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	50 min
Jun 17, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	30 min
Jun 17, 4:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jun 17, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	30 min
Jun 17, 5:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	37 min
Jun 17, 5:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	48 min
Jun 17, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	26 min
Jun 17, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	60 min
Jun 17, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln	37 min
Jun 17, 5:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	116 min
Jun 17, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2019 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

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.