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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 5, 2019Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2019, 2:02 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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: Jul 5, 2019, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2019, 2:30 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 254 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: 736 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1838 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -75 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 5, 11:22 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 11:22 AM MDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 2:55 AM MDT, 11 hours 7 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
255 AM MDT Fri Jul 5 2019

NMZ501>540-061100-
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-
255 AM MDT Fri Jul 5 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a marginal risk for severe storms near the Texas border this
afternoon. Large hail, frequent lightning, damaging winds, and
locally heavy rainfall will be the main hazards.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

A significant increase in moisture will produce scattered to numerous
storms along and east of the central mountain chain Saturday, with
storm coverage expanding to western New Mexico Sunday. Some storms
could become strong, and locally heavy rainfall will the main hazard.
Flash flooding will be possible over and beneath recent burn scars.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report rain amounts, large hail or strong
winds through the National Weather Service Albuquerque web site at
weather.gov/abq or by calling 1.888.386.7637. You can also submit
storm reports and photos on our Facebook page or via Twitter using
the hashtag nmwx.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:14 PM MDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 1:36 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:01 PM MDT, 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:02 PM MDT, 0 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
Jul 4, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Jul 5, 1:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	31 min
Jul 5, 1:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	24 min
Jul 5, 1:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	31 min
Jul 5, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jul 5, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
Jul 5, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
Jul 5, 2:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	32 min
Jul 5, 2:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	36 min
Jul 5, 3:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	31 min
Jul 5, 3:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	27 min
Jul 5, 3:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
Jul 5, 3:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	31 min
Jul 5, 3:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	114 min
Jul 5, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	47 min
Jul 5, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
Jul 5, 4:14 PM MDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jul 5, 4:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	29 min
Jul 5, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	37 min
Jul 5, 4:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay	2 hr
Jul 5, 5:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	29 min
Jul 5, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	23 min
Jul 5, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	23 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.