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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 22, 2020Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2020, 3:12 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 20 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
Jun 22, 2020, 3:12 PM MDT (21:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2020, 3:32 PM MDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:14 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 22, 3:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 247 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2020-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2020-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jun 22, 11:49 AM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:49 AM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel41 min
Jun 22, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding29 min
Jun 22, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion17 min
Jun 22, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union46 min
Jun 22, 4:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion8 min
Jun 22, 4:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion28 min
Jun 22, 4:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion31 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.