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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 295, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 11, 2021Colfax County, Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2021, 10:20 PM MDT for Colfax County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 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 11, 2021, 10:20 PM MDT (04:20 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2021, 11:00 PM MDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Colfax County, NM, Mora County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 219 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:23 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.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 11, 10:23 PM MDT	HAIL 1.7	2 Ssw Philmont Scout Ra, NM	HAIL LASTED 15 MINUTES

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 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 1142 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2149 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 139 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

592 
WUUS55 KABQ 120420
SVRABQ
NMC007-033-120500-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0295.210712T0420Z-210712T0500Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1020 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Mora County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Southwestern Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 1100 PM MDT.

* At 1020 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Philmont
  Scout Ranch, or 21 miles west of Springer, 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...
  Cimarron, Philmont Scout Ranch, Rayado and Miami. 

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 303 and 313.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to 
flash flooding in some canyons, washes, and arroyos. Do not drive 
your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3653 10508 3656 10486 3622 10470 3621 10506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0420Z 349DEG 17KT 3648 10495 

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

Shoemake

2 follow-up statements

486 
WWUS55 KABQ 120434
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1034 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NMC007-033-120500-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-210712T0500Z/
Mora-Colfax-
1034 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL MORA AND SOUTHWESTERN COLFAX COUNTIES...

At 1033 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of
Philmont Scout Ranch, or 19 miles west of Springer, moving south at
25 mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Rayado and Miami. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flow in arroyos, ditches and over low water crossings. Do
not attempt to drive through areas where water covers the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3644 10507 3645 10481 3622 10476 3621 10506
TIME...MOT...LOC 0433Z 358DEG 23KT 3638 10495 

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

Shoemake

430 
WWUS55 KABQ 120453
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1053 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

NMC007-033-120500-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0295.000000T0000Z-210712T0500Z/
Mora-Colfax-
1053 PM MDT Sun Jul 11 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM MDT
FOR NORTHERN MORA AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTIES...

At 1053 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles southeast
of Philmont Scout Ranch, or 14 miles west of Springer, moving
southeast 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...
Miami.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flow in arroyos, ditches and over low water crossings. Do
not attempt to drive through areas where water covers the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3631 10498 3642 10480 3622 10476 3621 10492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0453Z 322DEG 17KT 3631 10484 

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

Shoemake

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Jul 11, 6:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 11, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Jul 11, 6:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	26 min
Jul 11, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora, Union	45 min
Jul 11, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	27 min
Jul 11, 6:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	27 min
Jul 11, 6:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	40 min
Jul 11, 7:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 11, 7:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	33 min
Jul 11, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
Jul 11, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Jul 11, 7:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	36 min
Jul 11, 7:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	29 min
Jul 11, 7:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	52 min
Jul 11, 8:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 11, 8:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		24 min
Jul 11, 8:43 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 11, 9:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 11, 10:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	45 min
Jul 12, 3:30 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	17 hr
Jul 12, 1:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	28 min
Jul 12, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba	23 min
Jul 12, 2:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Jul 12, 2:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	3 hr
Jul 12, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	37 min
Jul 12, 2:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	26 min
Jul 12, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	36 min
Jul 12, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	25 min
Jul 12, 3:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		37 min
Jul 12, 4:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 12, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	21 min
Jul 12, 4:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Taos	3 hr
Jul 12, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Jul 12, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
Jul 12, 4:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	37 min
Jul 12, 4:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 12, 4:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	30 min
Jul 12, 4:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
Jul 12, 5:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	26 min
Jul 12, 5:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	29 min
Jul 12, 5:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	25 min
Jul 12, 5:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:26 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	34 min
Jul 12, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	32 min
Jul 12, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	28 min
Jul 12, 5:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 12, 5:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	47 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.