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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 314, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 20, 2021Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2021, 4:21 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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 20, 2021, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired: Jul 20, 2021, 4:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:22 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 100 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: 215 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -86 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1416 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 14 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

511 
WUUS55 KABQ 202221
SVRABQ
NMC039-049-202245-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0314.210720T2221Z-210720T2245Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
421 PM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico...
  Northwestern Santa Fe County in north central New Mexico...

* Until 445 PM MDT.

* At 421 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Santa Clara
  Pueblo, or near Espanola, moving west at 10 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...
  Espanola, White Rock, Pojoaque, Santa Clara Pueblo, Santa Cruz,
  Pojoaque Pueblo, San Ildefonso Pueblo, El Rancho, Cuyamungue and
  Jaconita.

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.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3586 10597 3574 10621 3577 10622 3583 10617
      3583 10622 3601 10625 3603 10606
TIME...MOT...LOC 2221Z 073DEG 11KT 3594 10609 

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

DPorter

2 follow-up statements

458 
WWUS55 KABQ 202233
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
433 PM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

NMC039-049-202245-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0314.000000T0000Z-210720T2245Z/
Rio Arriba-Santa Fe-
433 PM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 445 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA AND NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES...

At 432 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Santa Clara
Pueblo, or 7 miles southwest of Espanola, moving west 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...
Pojoaque, Santa Clara Pueblo, Pojoaque Pueblo, San Ildefonso Pueblo,
El Rancho, Jaconita and Jacona.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection 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.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3589 10601 3583 10603 3579 10611 3583 10617
      3583 10622 3601 10625 3601 10612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 072DEG 12KT 3592 10616 

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

DPorter

737 
WWUS55 KABQ 202243
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
443 PM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

NMC039-049-202253-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0314.000000T0000Z-210720T2245Z/
Rio Arriba-Santa Fe-
443 PM MDT Tue Jul 20 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN RIO ARRIBA AND
NORTHWESTERN SANTA FE COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 445 PM MDT...
                
The storm that 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 and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3589 10601 3583 10603 3579 10611 3583 10617
      3583 10622 3601 10625 3601 10612
TIME...MOT...LOC 2243Z 073DEG 11KT 3592 10618 

$$

DPorter

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 19, 7:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	25 min
Jul 20, 12:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	24 min
Jul 20, 12:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay	26 min
Jul 20, 1:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	29 min
Jul 20, 2:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe	88 min
Jul 20, 2:33 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 20, 2:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	35 min
Jul 20, 3:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance	112 min
Jul 20, 3:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	33 min
Jul 20, 3:33 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe	117 min
Jul 20, 3:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 20, 3:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 20, 3:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Bernalillo	2 hr
Jul 20, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	30 min
Jul 20, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	30 min
Jul 20, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		27 min
Jul 20, 4:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	25 min
Jul 20, 4:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	33 min
Jul 20, 4:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 20, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	114 min
Jul 20, 5:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, San Juan	2 hr
Jul 20, 5:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	84 min
Jul 20, 5:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval	116 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.