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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 17, 2021Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 17, 2021, 7:12 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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 17, 2021, 7:12 PM MDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 17, 2021, 7:45 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:13 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 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 322 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: 130 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

291 
WUUS55 KABQ 180112
SVRABQ
NMC009-037-180145-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0310.210718T0112Z-210718T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
712 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  East central Quay County in east central New Mexico...
  Northeastern Curry County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 712 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles north of
  Bellview, or 28 miles northwest of Friona, and is nearly
  stationary.

  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...
  Bellview.

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. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3472 10304 3474 10308 3493 10318 3504 10307
      3502 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 314DEG 4KT 3493 10308 

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

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1 follow-up statement

034 
WWUS55 KABQ 180144
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
744 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

NMC009-037-180154-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-210718T0145Z/
Quay-Curry-
744 PM MDT Sat Jul 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EAST CENTRAL QUAY AND
NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 745 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.  However small
hail, gusty winds and heavy rain are still possible with this 
thunderstorm. This storm may also re-strengthen, so watch for 
additional severe thunderstorm warnings.

LAT...LON 3472 10304 3474 10308 3493 10318 3504 10307
      3502 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0144Z 314DEG 4KT 3491 10305 

$$

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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 17, 6:04 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Quay	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jul 17, 6:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jul 17, 6:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	3 hr
Jul 17, 7:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, San Miguel	118 min
Jul 17, 7:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 17, 7:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	36 min
Jul 17, 7:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	28 min
Jul 17, 8:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan	118 min
Jul 17, 8:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	37 min
Jul 17, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	30 min
Jul 17, 8:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	20 min
Jul 17, 8:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	27 min
Jul 17, 8:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	24 min
Jul 17, 9:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	119 min
Jul 17, 9:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	2 hr
Jul 17, 11:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jul 18, 12:08 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	3 hr
Jul 18, 4:21 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jul 18, 12:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 18, 2:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	44 min
Jul 18, 2:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	119 min
Jul 18, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		49 min
Jul 18, 3:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	117 min
Jul 18, 3:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 18, 3:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 18, 4:24 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	51 min
Jul 18, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	32 min
Jul 18, 5:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 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.