Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 3:29 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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, 3:29 PM MDT (21:29 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Chaves County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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
- 3894 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -59 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 130 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
015
WUUS55 KABQ 032129
SVRABQ
NMC005-032230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0015.210503T2129Z-210503T2230Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
329 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
East central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 430 PM MDT.
* At 328 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 7 miles northwest of Caprock to 9 miles northeast of
Bottomless Lakes State Park, moving northeast at 10 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. Significant hail
accumulations are also likely, creating slick road
conditions.
* This includes Highway 380 between Mile Markers 165 and 200.
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 3357 10356 3357 10372 3340 10372 3339 10376
3327 10377 3338 10436 3370 10421 3366 10372
3366 10371 3365 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2128Z 244DEG 8KT 3344 10383 3344 10421
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
153 follow-up statements
277
WWUS55 KABQ 032153
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
353 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
NMC005-032230-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210503T2230Z/
Chaves-
353 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...
At 352 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles northwest of Caprock to 13 miles northeast of
Bottomless Lakes State Park, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Significant hail
accumulations are also likely, creating slick road
conditions.
These severe thunderstorms will remain over Highway 380 between Mile
Markers 165 and 200.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.
&&
LAT...LON 3357 10356 3357 10372 3340 10372 3339 10376
3332 10377 3338 10436 3370 10421 3366 10372
3366 10371 3365 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 244DEG 8KT 3346 10378 3346 10416
HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15635
WWUS55 KABQ 032219
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
419 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
NMC005-032230-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210503T2230Z/
Chaves-
419 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY...
At 418 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southeast
of Elkins, or 34 miles east of Roswell, moving northeast at 10 mph.
HAZARD...Up to 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Significant hail
accumulations are also likely, creating slick road
conditions.
This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of east
central Chaves County.
This includes Highway 380 between Mile Markers 182 and 200.
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 3340 10372 3339 10376 3332 10377 3335 10407
3368 10401 3366 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 227DEG 7KT 3351 10395
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
15343
WWUS55 KABQ 032226
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
426 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
NMC005-032236-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0015.000000T0000Z-210503T2230Z/
Chaves-
426 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 430 PM MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3340 10372 3339 10376 3332 10377 3335 10407
3368 10401 3366 10372
TIME...MOT...LOC 2226Z 244DEG 8KT 3351 10394
$$
15The 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, 2:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln | 19 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, 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.