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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 228, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 4, 2021Harding County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2021, 3:33 PM MDT for Harding County, 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: Jul 4, 2021, 3:33 PM MDT (21:33 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2021, 4:20 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:37 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
Jul 4, 2:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 213 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: 997 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 825 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.5
Supercell composite: 3.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

372 
WUUS55 KABQ 042133
SVRABQ
NMC021-059-042230-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0228.210704T2133Z-210704T2230Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
333 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

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

* Until 430 PM MDT.

* At 332 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles east of
  Gladstone, or 31 miles west of Clayton, moving south at 20 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...
  Bueyeros.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3636 10380 3635 10358 3592 10359 3595 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2132Z 007DEG 15KT 3629 10371 

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

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2 follow-up statements

989 
WWUS55 KABQ 042205
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
405 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

NMC021-059-042230-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-210704T2230Z/
Harding-Union-
405 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARDING AND WEST CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES...

At 405 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles southeast
of Gladstone, or 31 miles north of Mosquero, moving southwest at 15
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...
Bueyeros.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3634 10380 3625 10358 3610 10359 3593 10365
      3595 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2205Z 030DEG 12KT 3622 10381 

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

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304 
WWUS55 KABQ 042220
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
420 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

NMC021-059-042229-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0228.000000T0000Z-210704T2230Z/
Harding-Union-
420 PM MDT Sun Jul 4 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARDING AND WEST
CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
        
The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area.
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.  However gusty winds are
still possible with this thunderstorm.

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

Remember, a Severe Thunderstorm Warning remains in effect for 
extreme southwest Union County and northern and central Harding 
County until 515 PM MDT.

LAT...LON 3634 10380 3625 10358 3610 10359 3593 10365
      3595 10392
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 007DEG 15KT 3616 10382 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 3, 6:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	26 min
Jul 3, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	35 min
Jul 3, 7:15 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 3, 7:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	119 min
Jul 3, 7:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 min
Jul 3, 7:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	2 hr
Jul 3, 8:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	2 hr
Jul 4, 12:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	29 min
Jul 4, 12:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	37 min
Jul 4, 1:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 4, 1:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 4, 1:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Jul 4, 2:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	30 min
Jul 4, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jul 4, 2:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jul 4, 2:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	34 min
Jul 4, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	23 min
Jul 4, 2:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	37 min
Jul 4, 3:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	27 min
Jul 4, 3:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	25 min
Jul 4, 3:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	32 min
Jul 4, 3:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 4, 3:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	62 min
Jul 4, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
Jul 4, 4:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	36 min
Jul 4, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	27 min
Jul 4, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jul 4, 4:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	37 min
Jul 4, 4:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
Jul 4, 5:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	31 min
Jul 4, 5:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	28 min
Jul 4, 5:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 4, 5:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	27 min
Jul 4, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	49 min
Jul 4, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 4, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	29 min
Jul 4, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	26 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.