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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 20205 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2020, 5:57 PM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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 31, 2020, 5:57 PM MDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2020, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 31, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 362 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: 442 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -311 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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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 31, 5:47 PM MDT, 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:47 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 3:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook...UPDATE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
315 PM MDT Fri Jul 31 2020

NMZ201>241-011000-
Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands-
Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains-
San Francisco River Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama-
Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-
Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood-
Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-
Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains-
Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
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-
San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands-
315 PM MDT Fri Jul 31 2020

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

.DAY ONE...This afternoon and Tonight

A significant increase in moisture will spread more thunderstorms
across central to eastern New Mexico this afternoon through tonight.
Some of the storms could be strong to severe with large hail,
damaging wind gusts and heavy downpours.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

Central to eastern New Mexico will remain favored for strong
thunderstorms Saturday through Monday with a few storms producing
heavy downpours, large hail, and gusty winds.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters across central to eastern New Mexico are encouraged to
report hail and wind gusts and any damage, as well as rainfall
amounts 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:33 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 4:36 PM MDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 31, 4:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 31, 5:27 PM MDT, 30 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 31, 5:48 PM MDT, 9 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 30, 6:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	46 min
Jul 30, 6:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	23 min
Jul 30, 7:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	39 min
Jul 30, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	29 min
Jul 30, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	49 min
Jul 30, 8:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	45 min
Jul 30, 9:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Jul 31, 1:14 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	31 min
Jul 31, 1:44 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	31 min
Jul 31, 2:01 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	44 min
Jul 31, 2:45 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Jul 31, 2:58 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	62 min
Jul 31, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	23 min
Jul 31, 2:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	21 min
Jul 31, 2:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	40 min
Jul 31, 2:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	46 min
Jul 31, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	30 min
Jul 31, 3:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	39 min
Jul 31, 3:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 31, 3:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	52 min
Jul 31, 3:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Jul 31, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	51 min
Jul 31, 4:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 31, 4:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel, Torrance	51 min
Jul 31, 4:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	30 min
Jul 31, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
Jul 31, 4:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	44 min
Jul 31, 5:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 31, 5:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	33 min
Jul 31, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	44 min
Jul 31, 5:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	51 min

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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.