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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 251, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 6, 2021Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2021, 5:02 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 min. 1 report 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: Jul 6, 2021, 5:02 PM MDT (23:02 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 76 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:01 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
Jul 6, 5:31 PM MDT	HAIL 1	Cuervo, NM

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 203 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: 38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -226 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1160 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 27 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

248 
WUUS55 KABQ 062302
SVRABQ
NMC019-047-062330-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0251.210706T2302Z-210706T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
502 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Northeastern Guadalupe County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 501 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from 7 miles southeast of Variadero to near Cuervo,
  moving west at 5 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...
  Newkirk, Variadero and Cuervo. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 280 and 303.
 State Road 104 between Mile Markers 49 and 70.

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 3478 10432 3478 10434 3475 10434 3469 10439
      3469 10444 3480 10459 3540 10464 3546 10423
      3491 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 079DEG 5KT 3531 10437 3499 10438 

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

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2 follow-up statements

127 
WWUS55 KABQ 062319
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
519 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMC019-047-062330-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-210706T2330Z/
San Miguel-Guadalupe-
519 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 530 PM MDT
FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES...

At 518 PM MDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from 6 miles southeast of Variadero to near Cuervo, moving
west at 5 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Newkirk, Variadero and Cuervo. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 283 and 303.
 State Road 104 between Mile Markers 52 and 70.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection 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 3486 10427 3484 10433 3481 10440 3482 10445
      3489 10455 3537 10456 3546 10423 3491 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2318Z 079DEG 5KT 3531 10439 3499 10440 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

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734 
WWUS55 KABQ 062323
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
523 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMC019-047-062333-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0251.000000T0000Z-210706T2330Z/
San Miguel-Guadalupe-
523 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND
NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 530 PM MDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However heavy rain
is still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 3486 10427 3484 10433 3481 10440 3482 10445
      3489 10455 3537 10456 3546 10423 3491 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 079DEG 5KT 3531 10439 3499 10440 

$$

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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 5, 6:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	35 min
Jul 5, 7:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	2 hr
Jul 5, 9:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 5, 10:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 6, 2:54 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Roosevelt and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:21 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 6, 7:57 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	96 min
Jul 6, 12:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Taos	2 hr
Jul 6, 12:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	24 min
Jul 6, 12:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	35 min
Jul 6, 1:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	118 min
Jul 6, 1:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	37 min
Jul 6, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
Jul 6, 1:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 6, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	31 min
Jul 6, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	29 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	33 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	31 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	115 min
Jul 6, 2:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
Jul 6, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	50 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	32 min
Jul 6, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	38 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	31 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
Jul 6, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	33 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	46 min
Jul 6, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	28 min
Jul 6, 4:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	113 min
Jul 6, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	45 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	114 min
Jul 6, 4:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	48 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	26 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance	26 min
Jul 6, 5:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	112 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	35 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.