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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 337, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 22, 2021Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 19 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
Aug 22, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 2021, 7:47 PM MDT
In force
19 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:31 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 167 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 128 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 40 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
128 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-57 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2511 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
40 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.

372 
WUUS55 KABQ 230128
SVRABQ
NMC019-047-230200-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0337.210823T0128Z-210823T0200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
728 PM MDT Sun Aug 22 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  South central San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Northwestern Guadalupe County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 800 PM MDT.

* At 728 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Colonias, or
  16 miles northwest of Santa Rosa, moving east at 20 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...
  Variadero, Santa Rosa Lake State Park and Colonias. 

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 254 and 270.
 State Road 104 between Mile Markers 47 and 62.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

LAT...LON 3488 10499 3514 10513 3547 10447 3515 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0128Z 274DEG 17KT 3516 10479 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.25 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement
511 
WWUS55 KABQ 230147
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
747 PM MDT Sun Aug 22 2021

NMC019-047-230157-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0337.000000T0000Z-210823T0200Z/
San Miguel-Guadalupe-
747 PM MDT Sun Aug 22 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND
NORTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTIES 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 3488 10499 3514 10513 3547 10447 3515 10424
TIME...MOT...LOC 0142Z 274DEG 17KT 3515 10468 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 6:42 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel3 hr
Aug 23, 1:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia34 min
Aug 23, 1:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola37 min
Aug 23, 1:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln18 min
Aug 23, 3:08 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos37 min
Aug 23, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe28 min
Aug 23, 5:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro35 min
Aug 23, 5:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance24 min
Aug 23, 5:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSocorro36 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.