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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 12, 2021Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 8:40 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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, 8:40 PM MDT (02:40 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 9:27 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 207 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.

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 216 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

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The text

As transmitted.

524 
WUUS55 KABQ 130240
SVRABQ
NMC059-130345-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0211.210613T0240Z-210613T0345Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Union County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 945 PM MDT.

* At 840 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Kenton, or 31
  miles northwest of Boise City, moving east at 35 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Moses.

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 3662 10301 3676 10329 3700 10323 3700 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0240Z 272DEG 30KT 3695 10300 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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1 follow-up statement

229 
WWUS55 KABQ 130327
SVSABQ

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

NMC059-130337-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0211.000000T0000Z-210613T0345Z/
Union-
927 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However small hail is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

LAT...LON 3662 10301 3676 10329 3700 10323 3700 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 0326Z 272DEG 30KT 3694 10250 

$$

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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, 8:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	66 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.