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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 131, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 28, 20215 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT for 5 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 55 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: May 28, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2021, 6:45 PM MDT
In force: 55 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chaves County, NM, Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:50 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 28, 6:52 PM MDT	HAIL 1	2 Sw Clovis, 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
May 28, 1:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 189 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -416 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 192 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 329 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

422 
WUUS55 KABQ 282350
SVRABQ
NMC005-009-011-037-041-290045-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0131.210528T2350Z-210529T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
550 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Roosevelt County in east central New Mexico...
  Southeastern De Baca County in east central New Mexico...
  North central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
  South central Quay County in east central New Mexico...
  Curry County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 645 PM MDT.

* At 549 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Wheatland to near Tolar to 13 miles south of
  Fort Sumner, moving southeast at 30 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...
  Clovis, Portales, Melrose, Floyd, Grady, Saint Vrain, Ranchvale,
  Oasis State Park, Taiban and Tolar.

This includes Highway 60 between Mile Markers 337 and 393.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3407 10353 3388 10415 3430 10437 3454 10390
      3494 10343 3464 10304 3444 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2349Z 324DEG 25KT 3489 10342 3444 10385 3429 10425 

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

CA

1 follow-up statement

356 
WWUS55 KABQ 290018
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
618 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

NMC005-009-011-037-041-290045-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0131.000000T0000Z-210529T0045Z/
Roosevelt-De Baca-Chaves-Quay-Curry-
618 PM MDT Fri May 28 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN ROOSEVELT...SOUTHEASTERN DE BACA...NORTH CENTRAL
CHAVES...SOUTH CENTRAL QUAY AND CURRY COUNTIES...

At 618 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles south of Grady to 11 miles southwest of
Melrose to 22 miles south of Taiban, moving southeast at 30 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...
Clovis, Portales, Melrose, Floyd, Grady, Saint Vrain, Cannon Air
Force Base, Ranchvale, Oasis State Park and Portair.

This includes Highway 60 between Mile Markers 355 and 393.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3407 10353 3388 10415 3423 10421 3442 10378
      3494 10343 3464 10304 3444 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0018Z 324DEG 25KT 3473 10328 3428 10371 3413 10411 

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

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 2:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	14 min
May 28, 3:30 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 min
May 28, 3:46 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	44 min
May 28, 4:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	46 min
May 28, 4:37 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay	113 min
May 28, 5:13 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	62 min
May 28, 6:12 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	48 min
May 28, 6:58 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	32 min
May 28, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	31 min
May 28, 1:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
May 28, 1:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	37 min
May 28, 2:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	22 min
May 28, 2:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	34 min
May 28, 2:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	36 min
May 28, 2:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	61 min
May 28, 3:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	36 min
May 28, 3:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	26 min
May 28, 3:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	27 min
May 28, 3:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	54 min
May 28, 3:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	30 min
May 28, 3:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	58 min
May 28, 3:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	32 min
May 28, 4:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	43 min
May 28, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	41 min
May 28, 4:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	47 min
May 28, 4:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	54 min
May 28, 4:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	62 min
May 28, 4:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	30 min
May 28, 4:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	62 min
May 28, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	62 min
May 28, 4:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	62 min
May 28, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	59 min
May 28, 5:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	25 min
May 28, 5:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	62 min
May 28, 5:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	41 min
May 28, 5:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	47 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.