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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 321, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 2021San Juan County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 2021, 1:02 PM MDT for San Juan County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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 24, 2021, 1:02 PM MDT (19:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 1:30 PM MDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County San Juan County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:02 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 210 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1033 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

134 
WUUS55 KABQ 241902
SVRABQ
NMC045-241930-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0321.210724T1902Z-210724T1930Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
102 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Central San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico...

* Until 130 PM MDT.

* At 101 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles northwest
  of El Huerfano Trading Post, or 12 miles south of Bloomfield,
  moving northwest 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...
  Bloomfield and NAPI Headquarters. 

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 550 between Mile Markers 133 and 150.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 55 and 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3656 10781 3641 10793 3655 10828 3677 10809
TIME...MOT...LOC 1901Z 124DEG 16KT 3653 10795 

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

Shoemake
1 follow-up statement
742 
WWUS55 KABQ 241915
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
115 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

NMC045-241930-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0321.000000T0000Z-210724T1930Z/
San Juan-
115 PM MDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 130 PM MDT
FOR CENTRAL SAN JUAN COUNTY...

At 114 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles south of
Bloomfield, moving northwest 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...
NAPI Headquarters.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 550 between Mile Markers 136 and 148.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 55 and 61.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3655 10788 3646 10796 3655 10828 3677 10809
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 124DEG 16KT 3656 10800 

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Torrance119 min
Jul 23, 6:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro4 hr
Jul 23, 6:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro111 min
Jul 23, 6:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ31 min
Jul 23, 6:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Sandoval2 hr
Jul 23, 6:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley26 min
Jul 23, 6:59 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCatron, Cibola3 hr
Jul 23, 7:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley3 hr
Jul 23, 7:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe119 min
Jul 23, 8:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ23 min
Jul 23, 8:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola, McKinley3 hr
Jul 24, 12:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval3 hr
Jul 24, 1:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Juan44 min
Jul 24, 1:45 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley, Sandoval, San Juan3 hr
Jul 24, 1:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe3 hr
Jul 24, 2:07 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley3 hr
Jul 24, 3:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ32 min
Jul 24, 3:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley3 hr
Jul 24, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ29 min
Jul 24, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCatron, Cibola35 min
Jul 24, 4:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola3 hr
Jul 24, 4:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola3 hr

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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.