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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 23, 2021Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 2021, 4:02 AM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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
May 23, 2021, 4:02 AM MDT (10:02 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 2021, 4:30 AM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 282 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 169 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 118 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
169 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3755 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

069 
WUUS55 KABQ 231002
SVRABQ
NMC007-231030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0105.210523T1002Z-210523T1030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
402 AM MDT Sun May 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 430 AM MDT.

* At 401 AM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Raton, moving
  northeast at 50 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Raton, Sugarite and Sugarite Canyon State Park. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 444 and 460.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 341 and 356.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3674 10440 3684 10459 3699 10449 3699 10416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 213DEG 43KT 3686 10445 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement
720 
WWUS55 KABQ 231020
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
420 AM MDT Sun May 23 2021

NMC007-231030-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0105.000000T0000Z-210523T1030Z/
Colfax-
420 AM MDT Sun May 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 430 AM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and has exited the warned area. Therefore, the warning will
be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3674 10440 3684 10459 3699 10449 3699 10416
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 213DEG 43KT 3702 10432 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 22, 6:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln30 min
May 22, 6:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln43 min
May 22, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln24 min
May 22, 6:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax30 min
May 22, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca30 min
May 22, 8:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay24 min
May 22, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel25 min
May 22, 9:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt30 min
May 22, 9:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos29 min
May 22, 9:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos30 min
May 22, 10:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln45 min
May 22, 11:30 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln45 min
May 22, 11:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln40 min
May 23, 12:15 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln45 min
May 23, 1:01 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe29 min
May 23, 1:13 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln32 min
May 23, 1:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora29 min
May 23, 1:34 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax26 min
May 23, 1:46 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ29 min
May 23, 1:52 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora, San Miguel38 min
May 23, 1:59 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax31 min
May 23, 2:31 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax29 min
May 23, 2:33 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca27 min
May 23, 3:02 AM MDTWind AdvisoryABQColfax, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union16 hr
May 23, 3:51 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax24 min
May 23, 3:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora32 min
May 23, 4:58 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora32 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.