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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2020, 1:03 PM MST for Cibola County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 2020, 1:03 PM MST (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2020, 1:30 PM MST
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Cibola County, NM, Valencia County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 121 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Flgstf/Belemont, AZ (KFGZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 336 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
- 49 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -164 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2485 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jul 13, 10:33 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 10:33 AM MST, 2 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 257 AM MDT Mon Jul 13 2020 NMZ201>241-141100- 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- 257 AM MDT Mon Jul 13 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 northeast NM today and tonight where large hail, damaging winds, minor flooding, and frequent lightning strikes are possible. Storm motion will be toward the east and southeast at 20 to 30 mph. The east central and southeast plains will remain in the grips of a blistering heat wave today with more record high temperatures. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms again Tuesday over far northeast NM where large hail, damaging winds, minor flooding, and frequent lightning strikes are possible. Storm motion will be toward the east and southeast at 15 to 25 mph. Record high temperatures will continue Tuesday over the east central and southeast plains before readings gradually cool closer to normal through late in the week. The coverage of showers and storms with locally heavy rainfall will finally increase across NM Wednesday and Thursday. A slight downtick is expected Friday and Saturday before another moisture surge arrives Sunday and Monday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather 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. Guyer
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 1:03 PM MST, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
203 PM MDT Mon Jul 13 2020
NMZ205>207-219-220-132030-
West Central Plateau-West Central Highlands-Lower Rio Grande
Valley-West Central Mountains-Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque
Metro Area-
203 PM MDT Mon Jul 13 2020
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CIBOLA...SOUTHWESTERN MCKINLEY...
VALENCIA...NORTH CENTRAL SOCORRO AND BERNALILLO COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM
MDT...
At 202 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 17 miles northwest of Fence Lake to 25 miles
southwest of Acoma Pueblo to 22 miles west of Bernardo. Movement was
northeast at 25 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Valencia, Los Lunas, Grants, Belen, Zuni Pueblo, Bosque Farms,
Peralta, Milan, Laguna Pueblo and Acoma Pueblo.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 69 and 138.
Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 167 and 211.
Highway 60 between Mile Markers 166 and 167.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Blowing dust associated with strong thunderstorm winds can reduce
visibilities below one quarter mile at times.
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LAT...LON 3537 10887 3530 10768 3489 10664 3428 10684
3470 10800 3474 10905 3477 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2002Z 205DEG 20KT 3478 10896 3474 10798 3450 10722
24The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:12 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 3 hr |
| Jul 12, 6:22 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 23 min |
| Jul 12, 6:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 44 min |
| Jul 12, 7:04 PM MST | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Mora | 116 min |
| Jul 12, 7:22 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 2:04 AM MST | Heat Advisory | ABQ | Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay and 2 more | 41 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:36 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola, Valencia | 24 min |
| Jul 13, 1:59 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo, Valencia | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 2:29 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo, Valencia | 31 min |
| Jul 13, 2:39 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Cibola, Sandoval, Valencia | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 3:09 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 36 min |
| Jul 13, 3:43 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 32 min |
| Jul 13, 3:55 PM MST | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 35 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.