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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 20, 20194 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2019, 1:22 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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: May 20, 2019, 1:22 AM MDT (07:22 UTC)
Expired: May 20, 2019, 2:00 AM MDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:26 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
May 20, 12:57 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

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 May 20, 12:53 AM MDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:53 AM MDT, 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 19, 8:49 PM MDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
849 PM MDT SUN MAY 19 2019

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0829 PM     NON-TSTM WND GST 5 S ALBUQUERQUE         35.04N 106.62W
05/19/2019  M64 MPH          BERNALILLO         NM   ASOS

            KABQ ASOS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ201902140

TRM

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 19, 11:47 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ		36 hr
May 20, 12:25 AM MDT	High Wind Warning	ABQ		24 hr
May 20, 12:25 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ		24 hr
May 20, 1:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	15 min
May 20, 1:43 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	35 min
May 20, 2:05 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	25 min
May 20, 2:10 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	50 min
May 20, 2:59 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	31 min
May 20, 4:02 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
May 20, 12:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	33 min
May 20, 1:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
May 20, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	21 min
May 20, 2:49 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	ABQ		13 hr

Nearby

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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.