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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 207, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2021Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 7:10 PM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 22 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 12, 2021, 7:10 PM MDT (01:10 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 7:32 PM MDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:11 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
Jun 12, 2:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 236 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: 443 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 4101 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 69 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

519 
WUUS55 KABQ 130110
SVRABQ
NMC005-011-130215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0207.210613T0110Z-210613T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
710 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central De Baca County in east central New Mexico...
  Northeastern Chaves County in southeastern New Mexico...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 709 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles east of
  Mesa, or 31 miles south of Fort Sumner, moving south at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  south central De Baca and northeastern Chaves Counties.

This includes Highway 285 between Mile Markers 126 and 143.
 
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 3418 10457 3422 10424 3372 10390 3361 10461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0109Z 353DEG 22KT 3405 10440 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

815 
WWUS55 KABQ 130132
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
732 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

NMC005-011-130142-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0207.000000T0000Z-210613T0215Z/
De Baca-Chaves-
732 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL DE BACA AND
NORTHEASTERN 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.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
southeastern and east central New Mexico.

LAT...LON 3418 10457 3422 10424 3372 10390 3361 10461
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 353DEG 22KT 3391 10438 

$$

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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 12, 6:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	22 min
Jun 12, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	61 min
Jun 12, 6:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	35 min
Jun 12, 6:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	50 min
Jun 12, 6:55 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	110 min
Jun 12, 6:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	65 min
Jun 12, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	35 min
Jun 12, 7:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	3 hr
Jun 12, 8:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt, San Miguel	60 min
Jun 12, 8:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	55 min
Jun 12, 8:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	66 min
Jun 12, 8:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	47 min
Jun 12, 9:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	36 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	30 min
Jun 13, 3:14 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 6 more	29 hr
Jun 13, 3:14 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more	53 hr
Jun 13, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	33 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.