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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 332, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 2021Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 16 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 31, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 31, 2021, 7:44 PM MDT
In force: 16 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:29 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, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 326 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: 402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -9 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 4 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

817 
WUUS55 KABQ 010128
SVRABQ
NMC059-010215-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0332.210801T0128Z-210801T0215Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
728 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Union County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 815 PM MDT.

* At 728 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Folsom, or
  near Des Moines, moving northeast at 10 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...
  Des Moines and Folsom. 

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 381 and 389.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Prepare immediately for large hail and deadly cloud to ground
lightning. Seek shelter inside a well built structure. Stay away from
windows.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3677 10357 3669 10389 3686 10399 3700 10372
      3700 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 244DEG 8KT 3681 10387 

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

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1 follow-up statement

349 
WWUS55 KABQ 010144
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
744 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

NMC059-010153-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0332.000000T0000Z-210801T0215Z/
Union-
744 PM MDT Sat Jul 31 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN UNION 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 is
still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3677 10357 3669 10389 3686 10399 3700 10372
      3700 10370
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 244DEG 8KT 3683 10383 

$$

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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 31, 6:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 31, 6:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	118 min
Jul 31, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	29 min
Jul 31, 7:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	35 min
Jul 31, 8:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	109 min
Jul 31, 10:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay, Union	3 hr
Aug 1, 3:22 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln and 10 more	21 hr
Aug 1, 10:30 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro and 1 more	11 min
Aug 1, 5:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	104 min

Nearby

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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.