Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 2:32 PM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 19 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 3, 2021, 2:32 PM MDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 2:51 PM MDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Lincoln County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:35 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 2:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 182 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
- 3212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -63 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
237
WUUS55 KABQ 032032
SVRABQ
NMC005-011-027-032130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0013.210503T2032Z-210503T2130Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
232 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Lincoln County in central New Mexico...
Southwestern De Baca County in east central New Mexico...
North central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 330 PM MDT.
* At 232 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ramon, or 29
miles southeast of Vaughn, moving south at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include...
Ramon and Mesa.
This includes Highway 285 between Mile Markers 151 and 179.
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.
&&
LAT...LON 3427 10509 3430 10490 3396 10463 3388 10502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2032Z 354DEG 13KT 3421 10498
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
331 follow-up statement
184
WWUS55 KABQ 032051
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
251 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
NMC005-011-027-032100-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0013.000000T0000Z-210503T2130Z/
Lincoln-De Baca-Chaves-
251 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN...
SOUTHWESTERN DE BACA AND NORTH CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES IS
CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern and east central New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3427 10509 3430 10490 3396 10463 3388 10502
TIME...MOT...LOC 2048Z 354DEG 13KT 3414 10497
$$
33The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 3, 10:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 25 min |
| May 3, 11:00 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 30 min |
| May 3, 11:32 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 13 min |
| May 3, 11:50 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 10 min |
| May 3, 12:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 31 min |
| May 3, 1:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 27 min |
| May 3, 1:20 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 25 min |
| May 3, 1:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 33 min |
| May 3, 1:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 41 min |
| May 3, 1:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | De Baca | 47 min |
| May 3, 2:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 26 min |
| May 3, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Chaves | 29 min |
| May 3, 3:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln | 55 min |
| May 3, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 61 min |
| May 3, 4:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 20 min |
| May 3, 4:13 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Bernalillo, Valencia | 32 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.