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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 20, 2020Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 20, 2020, 11:39 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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: Aug 20, 2020, 11:39 PM MDT (05:39 UTC)
Expired: Aug 21, 2020, 12:45 AM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 20, 7:08 PM MDT, 4 hours 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 10:46 PM MDT, 53 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 20, 11:39 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 20, 7:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	37 min
Aug 20, 10:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	29 min
Aug 21, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	36 min
Aug 21, 2:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	34 min
Aug 21, 3:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	30 min
Aug 21, 3:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	28 min
Aug 21, 4:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Aug 21, 4:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	34 min
Aug 21, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	25 min
Aug 21, 5:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.