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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 20, 2019, 2:59 AM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 31 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, 2:59 AM MDT (08:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 20, 2019, 3:30 AM MDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 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 09:01 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 |
The nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 372 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2484 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 167 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
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, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 12:53 AM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 334 AM MDT Sun May 19 2019 NMZ501>540-201100- 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- 334 AM MDT Sun May 19 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Showers and thunderstorms will develop over far eastern New Mexico late tonight then move northeast toward the Texas state line through sunrise Monday. A few of these storms may become severe with large hail, damaging winds, and minor flooding, especially within Curry, Quay, and Union counties. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday A couple severe thunderstorms may linger near the Texas state line Monday morning with large hail, damaging winds, and minor flooding possible. The focus will then shift to strong southwest winds Monday afternoon over much of central and eastern New Mexico. Wind gusts in excess of 60 mph are possible over Lincoln and Chaves counties. Light snow accumulations are then possible over the high terrain of northern and western New Mexico Monday night. The focus will then shift back to widespread strong west winds Tuesday when gusts of 50 to 60 mph are possible over central and eastern New Mexico. Strong southwest winds will return Wednesday ahead of the weather system approaching from the west. Extended computer models are indicating a weather pattern conducive to daily rounds of severe thunderstorms over far eastern New Mexico Thursday through Saturday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required early Monday morning over the far eastern counties of New Mexico. Guyer
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 20, 1:30 AM MDT, 1 hour 29 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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, 1:22 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union | 38 min |
| 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, 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 |
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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.