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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2021Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 8:39 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 min. 2 reports 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: Jun 12, 2021, 8:39 PM MDT (02:39 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 38 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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
Jun 12, 8:54 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Grady, NM
Jun 12, 9:08 PM MDT	TSTM WND GST 65	2 Sw Endee, 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
Jun 12, 2:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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: 3697 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1361 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 190 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.9
Supercell composite: 18.7

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

907 
WUUS55 KABQ 130239
SVRABQ
NMC009-037-130345-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0210.210613T0239Z-210613T0345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Quay County in east central New Mexico...
  Northeastern Curry County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 945 PM MDT.

* At 838 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles northeast
  of Wheatland, or 28 miles southeast of Tucumcari, moving east at 35
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Clovis, Logan, San Jon, Grady, Glenrio, Ranchvale, Broadview,
  Wheatland, Bellview and Pleasant Hill.

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 348 and 373.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3450 10344 3539 10347 3532 10304 3447 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0238Z 272DEG 31KT 3500 10326 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

668 
WWUS55 KABQ 130337
SVSABQ

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

NMC009-037-130346-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0210.000000T0000Z-210613T0345Z/
Quay-Curry-
937 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN QUAY AND
NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 945 PM MDT...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However small hail
is still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3450 10344 3539 10347 3532 10304 3447 10305
TIME...MOT...LOC 0336Z 272DEG 31KT 3498 10267 

$$

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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, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	22 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, 8:40 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.