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Freeze Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 15, 20214 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this freeze warning at Oct 15, 2021, 1:58 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at Oct 15, 2021, 10:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 10 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 15, 2021, 1:58 PM MDT (19:58 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 15, 2021, 10:00 PM MDT
Expired
Oct 16, 2021, 8:13 AM MDT
In force
10 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:58 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 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 162 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-15Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -156 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
95 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

296 
WWUS75 KABQ 151958
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
158 PM MDT Fri Oct 15 2021

NMZ230-234>236-160400-
/O.NEW.KABQ.FZ.W.0004.211016T0400Z-211016T1600Z/
Union County-Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-
158 PM MDT Fri Oct 15 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 10 AM MDT 
SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 32 expected.

* WHERE...Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County and Union 
  County.

* WHEN...From 10 PM this evening to 10 AM MDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

&&

$$

33
2 follow-up statements
516 
WWUS75 KABQ 160243
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
843 PM MDT Fri Oct 15 2021

NMZ230-234>236-161600-
/O.CON.KABQ.FZ.W.0004.211016T0400Z-211016T1600Z/
Union County-Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-
843 PM MDT Fri Oct 15 2021

...FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM MDT SATURDAY...

* WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures between 29 and 32 degrees are 
  expected.

* WHERE...Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County and Union 
  County.

* WHEN...Until 10 AM MDT Saturday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other 
  sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor 
  plumbing.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Take steps now to protect tender plants from the cold.

To prevent water pipes from freezing, wrap, drain or allow them to 
drip slowly.

&&

$$
144 
WWUS75 KABQ 161413
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
813 AM MDT Sat Oct 16 2021

NMZ230-234>236-161515-
/O.CAN.KABQ.FZ.W.0004.000000T0000Z-211016T1600Z/
Union County-Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-
813 AM MDT Sat Oct 16 2021

...FREEZE WARNING IS CANCELLED...

Temperatures have warmed above freezing and will continue to warm 
throughout the morning hours. Freezing temperatures are no longer 
expected.

$$

DPorter

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.