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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 306, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 15, 2021Catron County, Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2021, 3:01 PM MDT for Catron County, Socorro County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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 15, 2021, 3:01 PM MDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2021, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Catron County, NM, Socorro County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 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 nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1477 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

534 
WUUS55 KABQ 152101
SVRABQ
NMC003-053-152130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0306.210715T2101Z-210715T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
301 PM MDT Thu Jul 15 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Socorro County in central New Mexico...
  Southeastern Catron County in west central New Mexico...

* Until 330 PM MDT.

* At 301 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles northeast
  of Poverty Creek, or 22 miles northwest of Monticello, moving south
  at 15 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Dusty.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Large hail, damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground lightning 
are occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately. Lightning 
is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can hear 
thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3348 10783 3377 10767 3375 10745 3348 10742
TIME...MOT...LOC 2101Z 022DEG 14KT 3369 10761 

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

DPorter

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 14, 6:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	24 min
Jul 14, 7:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola	3 hr
Jul 14, 7:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	2 hr
Jul 15, 12:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	2 hr
Jul 15, 1:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	33 min
Jul 15, 2:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	38 min
Jul 15, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jul 15, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Jul 15, 2:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	81 min
Jul 15, 2:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 15, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	23 min
Jul 15, 3:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		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.