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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2020, 4:14 PM MDT for Harding County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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, 4:14 PM MDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 22, 2020, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 770 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -350 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1143 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 114 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 Jun 22, 3:24 PM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 3:24 PM MDT, 50 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:46 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 346 PM MDT Mon Jun 22 2020 NMZ230-231-222215- Harding County-Union County- 346 PM MDT Mon Jun 22 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDING AND CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM MDT... At 346 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8 miles west of Bueyeros, or 17 miles north of Mosquero, moving east at 10 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. Heavy rain will also be possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Bueyeros. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor your preferred media outlets and NOAA Weather Radio for additional information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service. && A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for northeastern New Mexico. LAT...LON 3588 10391 3606 10395 3618 10367 3587 10355 TIME...MOT...LOC 2146Z 252DEG 10KT 3600 10384 34
Special weather statement, Jun 22, 3:58 PM MDT, 16 minutes before
Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 358 PM MDT Mon Jun 22 2020 NMZ230-222215- Union County- 358 PM MDT Mon Jun 22 2020 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL UNION COUNTY UNTIL 415 PM MDT... At 357 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13 miles southwest of Grenville, or 24 miles south of Des Moines, moving southeast at 15 mph. Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of west central Union County. && A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for northeastern New Mexico. LAT...LON 3638 10389 3652 10378 3649 10350 3624 10370 TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 295DEG 12KT 3642 10372 Guyer
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 22, 2:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel | 41 min |
| Jun 22, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 20 min |
| Jun 22, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 29 min |
| Jun 22, 3:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 17 min |
| Jun 22, 4:37 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 8 min |
| Jun 22, 4:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 28 min |
| Jun 22, 4:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
Nearby
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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.