Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2020
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 2020, 6:12 PM MDT for Union 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
- May 19, 2020, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 2020, 6:36 PM MDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:15 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 1126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -277 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2113 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 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 May 19, 5:32 PM MDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 19, 5:32 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 19, 2:09 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 209 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020 NMZ201>241-201100- 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- 209 PM MDT Tue May 19 2020 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight A Red Flag Warning is in effect from noon to 7 pm MDT for much of northern and western NM where low humidities combined with strong winds will create critical fire weather conditions. A marginal risk for isolated strong to severe storms will exist across far northeastern NM from Clayton to Clovis. Storms will start late in the afternoon before pushing east into Texas during the evening. Large hail, damaging winds, and frequent lightning will be the main concerns from any severe storm. Virga and isolated to scattered dry thunderstorms will bring the chance for erratic gusty winds through central NM and the northern mountains this afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday A Red Flag Warning is in effect Wednesday for northeastern NM along the Interstate 25 corridor where low humidities combined with strong winds will create critical fire weather conditions. A marginal risk for isolated strong to severe storms will exist across far northeastern NM from Clayton to Clovis. Storms will start late in the afternoon before pushing east into Texas during the evening. Large hail, damaging winds, and frequent lightning will be the main concerns from any severe storm. Critical fire weather will likely return through parts of eastern NM Saturday afternoon as stronger westerly winds return. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Contact your local law enforcement at 911 and the National Weather Service at 1.888.386.7637 to report wildfire outbreaks. Guyer
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 19, 4:00 PM MDT, 2 hours 12 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, May 19, 4:06 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Special weather statement, May 19, 5:49 PM MDT, 23 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 19, 6:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 22 min |
| May 19, 6:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 18 min |
| May 19, 6:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 17 min |
| May 20, 2:22 AM MDT | Freeze Watch | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 14 hr |
| May 20, 4:51 PM MDT | Freeze Warning | ABQ | Rio Arriba, Taos | 16 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2020Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2020
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.