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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 338, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 23, 2021Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2021, 1:59 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 18 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 23, 2021, 1:59 PM MDT (19:59 UTC)
Expired: Aug 23, 2021, 2:17 PM MDT
In force: 18 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 207 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: 657 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1970 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 10 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 133 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

726 
WUUS55 KABQ 231959
SVRABQ
NMC027-232030-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0338.210823T1959Z-210823T2030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
159 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

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

* Until 230 PM MDT.

* At 159 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near San Patricio,
  or 23 miles northeast of Ruidoso, moving southwest at 10 mph.

  HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail 
           damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect 
           wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Lincoln, Hondo, Tinnie, Glencoe, Lincoln State Monument and San
  Patricio.

This includes Highway 380 between Mile Markers 96 and 107.
 
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 3328 10532 3330 10532 3331 10558 3357 10535
      3348 10517 3313 10531
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 029DEG 10KT 3347 10531 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

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1 follow-up statement

045 
WWUS55 KABQ 232017
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
217 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

NMC027-232027-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0338.000000T0000Z-210823T2030Z/
Lincoln-
217 PM MDT Mon Aug 23 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN 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.

LAT...LON 3328 10532 3330 10532 3331 10558 3357 10535
      3348 10517 3313 10531
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 029DEG 10KT 3342 10534 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 6:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 22, 7:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	19 min
Aug 23, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	34 min
Aug 23, 1:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	37 min
Aug 23, 3:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	37 min
Aug 23, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	28 min
Aug 23, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	35 min
Aug 23, 5:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	24 min
Aug 23, 5:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	36 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.