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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 196, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 7, 2021Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2021, 5:20 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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: Jun 7, 2021, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 20 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 167 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: 963 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -191 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1454 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

694 
WUUS55 KABQ 072320
SVRABQ
NMC009-037-080000-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0196.210607T2320Z-210608T0000Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
520 PM MDT Mon Jun 7 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Quay County in east central New Mexico...
  Central Curry County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 600 PM MDT.

* At 520 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles southwest
  of Grady, or 25 miles northwest of Clovis, moving northeast at 10
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Grady.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3460 10349 3473 10359 3492 10337 3470 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 234DEG 10KT 3469 10349 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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2 follow-up statements

084 
WWUS55 KABQ 072332
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
532 PM MDT Mon Jun 7 2021

NMC009-037-080000-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-210608T0000Z/
Quay-Curry-
532 PM MDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL QUAY AND NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES...

At 532 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles southwest
of Grady, or 25 miles northwest of Clovis, moving northeast at 10
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Grady.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3463 10347 3478 10353 3492 10337 3470 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2332Z 234DEG 10KT 3471 10346 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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626 
WWUS55 KABQ 072359
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
559 PM MDT Mon Jun 7 2021

NMC009-037-080008-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0196.000000T0000Z-210608T0000Z/
Quay-Curry-
559 PM MDT Mon Jun 7 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL QUAY AND
NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 600 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 gusty
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3463 10347 3478 10353 3492 10337 3470 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 2358Z 270DEG 10KT 3475 10340 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 6, 6:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 min
Jun 6, 6:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	41 min
Jun 6, 6:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	54 min
Jun 6, 8:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	29 min
Jun 7, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	24 min
Jun 7, 3:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	33 min
Jun 7, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
Jun 7, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	29 min
Jun 7, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	23 min
Jun 7, 5:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	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.