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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2020, 6:59 PM MDT for Colfax County, Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 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, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2020, 7:40 PM MDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 186 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 31, 2:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Denver, CO (KDNR), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 427 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
- 284 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2927 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 63 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 5:47 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
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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
Local storm report, Jul 31, 5:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jul 31, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 37 min |
| Jul 31, 6:18 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora, Taos | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia | 62 min |
| Jul 31, 6:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 41 min |
| Jul 31, 6:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 34 min |
| Jul 31, 6:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 31 min |
| Jul 31, 7:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Jul 31, 7:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jul 31, 7:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 33 min |
| Jul 31, 7:45 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 15 min |
| Jul 31, 8:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel | 52 min |
| Jul 31, 9:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 32 min | |
| Jul 31, 9:15 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 15 min |
| Jul 31, 9:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 14 min |
| Jul 31, 9:25 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 35 min |
| Jul 31, 9:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 27 min |
| Jul 31, 9:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 61 min |
| Jul 31, 11:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 47 min |
| Aug 1, 12:30 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 30 min |
| Aug 1, 2:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 36 min |
| Aug 1, 2:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 34 min |
| Aug 1, 2:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance | 42 min |
| Aug 1, 3:17 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 28 min | |
| Aug 1, 3:28 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 32 min |
| Aug 1, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 28 min |
| Aug 1, 5:26 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 34 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.