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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 25, 2021Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 2021, 1:28 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 22 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 25, 2021, 1:28 PM MDT (19:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2021, 1:50 PM MDT
In force: 22 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:30 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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 191 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: 220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1377 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 64 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.3

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

387 
WUUS55 KABQ 251928
SVRABQ
NMC027-252015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0324.210725T1928Z-210725T2015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
128 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central Lincoln County in central New Mexico...

* Until 215 PM MDT.

* At 128 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bonito Lake,
  or 9 miles north of Ruidoso, moving northwest 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...
  Bonito Lake and Nogal. 

This includes Highway 380 between Mile Markers 68 and 74.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3346 10562 3339 10570 3347 10598 3367 10578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1928Z 127DEG 9KT 3346 10572 

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

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1 follow-up statement

989 
WWUS55 KABQ 251950
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
150 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

NMC027-252000-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0324.000000T0000Z-210725T2015Z/
Lincoln-
150 PM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL LINCOLN COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
                
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 has been cancelled.  However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3346 10562 3339 10570 3347 10598 3367 10578
TIME...MOT...LOC 1947Z 127DEG 9KT 3349 10577 

$$

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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 25, 11:56 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 25, 12:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Rio Arriba, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 25, 1:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	30 min
Jul 25, 1:09 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 25, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	32 min
Jul 25, 1:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 25, 1:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	33 min
Jul 25, 2:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Jul 25, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	37 min
Jul 25, 2:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 25, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	41 min
Jul 25, 3:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 25, 3:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	3 hr
Jul 25, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	34 min
Jul 25, 4:21 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 25, 4:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 25, 4:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Jul 25, 5:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Valencia	3 hr
Jul 25, 5:32 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	3 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.