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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 213, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2021, 9:51 PM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 30 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, 9:51 PM MDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired: Jun 12, 2021, 10:21 PM MDT
In force: 30 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:55 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 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 247 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.

555 
WUUS55 KABQ 130351
SVRABQ
NMC005-011-041-130445-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0213.210613T0351Z-210613T0445Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

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

* Until 1045 PM MDT.

* At 951 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 20 miles northwest
  of Elkins, or 35 miles south of Fort Sumner, moving southeast at 10
  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.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

High winds and large hail can spread quickly across open rangeland.  

&&

LAT...LON 3403 10455 3422 10441 3386 10378 3366 10396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0351Z 309DEG 10KT 3396 10419 

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

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1 follow-up statement

452 
WWUS55 KABQ 130421
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1021 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

NMC005-011-041-130431-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0213.000000T0000Z-210613T0445Z/
Roosevelt-De Baca-Chaves-
1021 PM MDT Sat Jun 12 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT...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.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3403 10455 3422 10441 3386 10378 3366 10396
TIME...MOT...LOC 0418Z 309DEG 10KT 3391 10411 

$$

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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, 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 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.