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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 30, 2020Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 2020, 7:56 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 30, 2020, 7:56 PM MDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 2020, 8:45 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 455 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2020-07-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 248 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Denver, CO at 00:00Z on 2020-07-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 63 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
248 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1584 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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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 Jul 30, 5:56 PM MDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 30, 5:56 PM MDT, 2 hours before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 30, 3:01 AM MDT, 16 hours 55 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 30, 4:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 5:29 PM MDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 6:52 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jul 30, 7:46 PM MDT, 10 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 6:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel46 min
Jul 30, 6:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax23 min
Jul 30, 7:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora39 min
Jul 30, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora29 min
Jul 30, 8:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel45 min
Jul 30, 9:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel32 min
Jul 31, 1:14 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves31 min
Jul 31, 1:44 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves31 min
Jul 31, 2:01 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln44 min
Jul 31, 2:45 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves30 min
Jul 31, 2:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln62 min
Jul 31, 1:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora23 min
Jul 31, 2:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel21 min
Jul 31, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel40 min
Jul 31, 2:58 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel3 hr
Jul 31, 2:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel46 min
Jul 31, 3:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel30 min
Jul 31, 3:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel39 min
Jul 31, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax3 hr
Jul 31, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel52 min
Jul 31, 3:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel32 min
Jul 31, 3:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel51 min
Jul 31, 4:10 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel3 hr
Jul 31, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Torrance51 min
Jul 31, 4:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos30 min
Jul 31, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax27 min
Jul 31, 4:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval, Santa Fe44 min
Jul 31, 5:08 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe3 hr
Jul 31, 5:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance33 min
Jul 31, 5:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval, Santa Fe44 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora51 min
Jul 31, 5:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia48 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.