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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 220, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 2019, 7:42 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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 13, 2019, 7:42 PM MDT (01:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2019, 7:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 3 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Quay County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 869 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -64 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2015 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -94 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -13 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -2.8
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 Aug 13, 5:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 5:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 511 PM MDT Tue Aug 13 2019 NMZ501>540-141130- 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- 511 PM MDT Tue Aug 13 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Tonight Showers and storms across eastern New Mexico will continue to diminish as they move east toward the Texas border this evening. Brief heavy rain and hail are possible until around sunset. Isolated showers and a few thunderstorms are forecast to move into the northeast quarter of the state during the early morning hours Wednesday as a backdoor cold front moves into the region. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Thunderstorm coverage will increase Wednesday. Storm motions will be slow and rainfall could become heavy. This may lead to localized areas of flash flooding, especially over and near recent and older burn scars. A few strong storms may also produce hail and wind gusts to 50 mph across the eastern half of the the area. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts and any flooding through the National Weather Service Albuquerque web site at weather.gov/abq or by calling 1.888.386.7637. 33
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 1:57 PM MDT, 5 hours 45 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 6:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 6:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 7:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 30 min |
| Aug 13, 7:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 9 min |
| Aug 13, 8:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 12:58 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 1:28 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 1:41 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 1:52 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 22 min |
| Aug 14, 2:03 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 42 min |
| Aug 14, 2:15 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 30 min |
| Aug 14, 2:18 AM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 2:36 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 54 min |
| Aug 14, 2:41 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 3:27 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 33 min |
| Aug 14, 3:56 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 3:59 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 31 min |
| Aug 14, 4:10 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 50 min |
| Aug 14, 4:37 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 38 min |
| Aug 14, 4:50 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 40 min |
| Aug 14, 5:29 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 46 min |
| Aug 14, 5:33 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 6:09 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt | 66 min |
| Aug 14, 6:56 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 39 min |
| Aug 14, 12:38 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 37 min |
| Aug 14, 12:44 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 12:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 1:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 29 min |
| Aug 14, 1:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 25 min | |
| Aug 14, 1:57 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 2:50 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 25 min |
| Aug 14, 2:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:23 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 3 hr |
| Aug 14, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 3:33 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 27 min |
| Aug 14, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 26 min |
| Aug 14, 3:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Socorro, Valencia | 12 min |
| Aug 14, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 11 min |
| Aug 14, 4:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Sandoval | 115 min |
| Aug 14, 4:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 34 min |
| Aug 14, 5:09 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval | 2 hr |
| Aug 14, 5:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 32 min |
| Aug 14, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Santa Fe | 2 hr |
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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.