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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 13, 2021Quay County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 11:47 AM MST for Quay County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Mar 13, 2021, 11:47 AM MST (18:47 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 12:45 PM MST
In force: 58 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Quay County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Mar 13, 12:40 PM MST	TSTM WND GST 59	5 Sw Glenrio, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Mar 13, 11:36 AM MST	Tornado Watch	SPC	5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 142 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

337 
WUUS55 KABQ 131847
SVRABQ
NMC037-059-131945-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0010.210313T1847Z-210313T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1147 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern Quay County in east central New Mexico...
  Southeastern Union County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 1245 PM MST.

* At 1147 AM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Logan to 6 miles west of Wheatland, moving
  northeast at 40 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Logan, San Jon, Nara Visa, Glenrio, Wheatland and Bard. 

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 346 and 373.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 500 PM MST for east central
New Mexico.

LAT...LON 3495 10323 3495 10328 3493 10329 3482 10356
      3524 10349 3540 10338 3586 10313 3586 10304
      3503 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1847Z 217DEG 33KT 3534 10340 3490 10347 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

4 follow-up statements

568 
WWUS55 KABQ 131917
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1217 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

NMC037-059-131945-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210313T1945Z/
Quay-Union-
1217 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM MST
FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES...

At 1216 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles southwest of Nara Visa to near San Jon, moving
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Nara Visa, Glenrio and Bard. 

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 359 and 373.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

To report severe weather occurring at your location, contact the 
National Weather Service office in Albuquerque at 1.888.387.7637.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 10323 3495 10328 3493 10329 3556 10329
      3540 10338 3586 10313 3586 10304 3503 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1916Z 217DEG 33KT 3555 10321 3511 10328 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

711 
WWUS55 KABQ 131927
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1227 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

NMC037-059-131945-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210313T1945Z/
Quay-Union-
1227 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM MST
FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES...

At 1227 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from Nara Visa to 6 miles west of Glenrio, moving northeast
at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Nara Visa, Glenrio and Bard. 

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 360 and 373.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3495 10323 3495 10328 3493 10329 3565 10324
      3586 10313 3586 10304 3503 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 220DEG 37KT 3563 10309 3520 10316 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

176 
WWUS55 KABQ 131938
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1238 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

NMC037-059-131945-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210313T1945Z/
Quay-Union-
1238 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1245 PM MST
FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES...

At 1238 PM MST, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Romero to 7 miles north of Glenrio, moving
northeast at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Nara Visa and Glenrio. 

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 366 and 373.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3497 10319 3586 10313 3586 10304 3503 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 217DEG 33KT 3571 10302 3528 10309 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

917 
WWUS55 KABQ 131946 RRA
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1246 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

NMC037-059-131956-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0010.000000T0000Z-210313T1945Z/
Quay-Union-
1246 PM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND
SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED...
    
The storms which prompted the warning have moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3497 10319 3586 10313 3586 10304 3503 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 1946Z 217DEG 33KT 3576 10298 3533 10305 

$$

Shoemake

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 5:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	24 min
Mar 12, 8:21 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Curry, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and 1 more	12 hr
Mar 13, 5:41 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	34 min
Mar 13, 6:20 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	25 min
Mar 13, 7:12 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	48 min
Mar 13, 7:28 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	32 min
Mar 13, 7:35 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	40 min
Mar 13, 8:01 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	44 min
Mar 13, 8:16 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	29 min
Mar 13, 8:45 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	45 min
Mar 13, 9:53 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Mar 13, 9:54 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	36 min
Mar 13, 10:21 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	39 min
Mar 13, 10:32 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	28 min
Mar 13, 11:05 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	40 min
Mar 13, 11:07 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	23 min
Mar 13, 11:23 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	52 min
Mar 13, 12:09 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	38 min
Mar 13, 12:23 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	22 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.