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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 20 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, 4:00 PM MDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- May 3, 2021, 4:20 PM MDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:04 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, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
063
WUUS55 KABQ 032200
SVRABQ
NMC005-011-032245-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0016.210503T2200Z-210503T2245Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
400 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern De Baca County in east central New Mexico...
North central Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...
* Until 445 PM MDT.
* At 400 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Mesa, or 44
miles north of Roswell, moving southeast at 20 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.
* Locations impacted include...
Mesa.
This includes Highway 285 between Mile Markers 139 and 164.
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 3409 10485 3417 10467 3399 10427 3371 10474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 326DEG 17KT 3398 10475
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
151 follow-up statement
056
WWUS55 KABQ 032220
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
420 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
NMC005-011-032230-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0016.000000T0000Z-210503T2245Z/
De Baca-Chaves-
420 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN DE BACA AND NORTH
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled. However small hail and
gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
southeastern and east central New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3409 10485 3417 10467 3399 10427 3371 10474
TIME...MOT...LOC 2216Z 326DEG 17KT 3390 10469
$$
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, 3:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 61 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.