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High Wind Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this high wind warning at Apr 6, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 3 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
- Apr 6, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT (02:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2021, 12:00 AM MDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:45 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 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 258 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4603 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
551 WWUS75 KABQ 070245 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 845 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 NMZ203-210>219-221>226-228-229-231>240-070345- /O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-210407T0300Z/ Far Northwest Highlands-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-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood-Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains-Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-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- 845 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 9 PM MDT THIS EVENING... Winds will continue to decrease through the evening, therefore the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire. $$ NMZ227-230-070600- /O.UPG.KABQ.WI.Y.0024.000000T0000Z-210407T0300Z/ /O.NEW.KABQ.HW.W.0008.210407T0245Z-210407T0600Z/ Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-Union County- 845 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... * WHAT...North winds 35 to 40 mph with gusts up to 65 mph. * WHERE...Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass and Union County. * WHEN...Until Midnight MDT tonight. * IMPACTS...Damaging winds will blow down trees and power lines. Travel will be difficult, especially for high profile vehicles on west to east oriented roads. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... People should avoid being outside in forested areas and around trees and branches. If possible, remain in the lower levels of your home during the windstorm, and avoid windows. Use caution if you must drive. && $$ 11
1 follow-up statement
443 WWUS75 KABQ 070551 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 1151 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 NMZ227-230-070700- /O.EXP.KABQ.HW.W.0008.000000T0000Z-210407T0600Z/ Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-Union County- 1151 PM MDT Tue Apr 6 2021 ...HIGH WIND WARNING WILL EXPIRE AT MIDNIGHT MDT TONIGHT... Although a few gusts may persist, winds will continue to decrease through the night, therefore the High Wind Warning will be allowed to expire. $$ CHJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:50 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance | 17 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:10 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan, Socorro | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 30 hr |
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.