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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2020, 2:06 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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
- Aug 3, 2020, 2:06 PM MDT (20:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2020, 2:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 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 20:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 306 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
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 121 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Aug 3, 11:34 AM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 11:34 AM MDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 3, 4:01 AM MDT, 10 hours 5 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 401 AM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 NMZ201>241-041100- 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- 401 AM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms over eastern NM where heavy rainfall, large hail, damaging winds, minor flooding, and frequent lightning strikes are possible. Storms will move southward at 10 to 20 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday The coverage of showers and thunderstorms will decrease over much of the region through the end of this week. However, a few storms are still possible in and around the higher terrain each afternoon with brief heavy rain, strong downburst winds, small hail, and occasional lightning strikes. Storm motions will transition from northwest to southeast Tuesday and Wednesday to southwest to northeast through the weekend. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. Guyer
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 3, 1:43 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 143 PM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 NMZ215-228-032015- Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains- 143 PM MDT Mon Aug 3 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORA AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT... At 143 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Ocate, or 24 miles northwest of Wagon Mound, moving south at 15 mph. Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with this storm. Heavy rain will also be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Ocate. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and ponding of water on highways as storms move through the area. Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous driving conditions. && LAT...LON 3632 10511 3634 10493 3611 10476 3606 10513 TIME...MOT...LOC 1943Z 353DEG 15KT 3625 10502 CA
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:22 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 113 min |
| Aug 2, 6:35 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Bernalillo | 115 min |
| Aug 2, 6:44 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 31 min |
| Aug 2, 6:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 7:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 8:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 1:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 2:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 2:30 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 2:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 60 min |
| Aug 3, 3:05 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 4:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 4:12 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 33 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance | 14 min |
| Aug 3, 4:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 4:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 4:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min | |
| Aug 3, 4:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 113 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 4:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 115 min |
| Aug 3, 4:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel, Torrance | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 45 min |
| Aug 3, 5:02 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Sandoval | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 5:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 5:35 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 25 min |
| Aug 3, 5:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 5:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo | 36 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.