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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 342, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 5, 2021Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 5, 2021, 4:56 PM MDT for Socorro 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: Sep 5, 2021, 4:56 PM MDT (22:56 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
In force: 19 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Socorro County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:58 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, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 567 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -118 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1328 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

862 
WUUS55 KABQ 052256
SVRABQ
NMC053-052330-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0342.210905T2256Z-210905T2330Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
456 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

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

* Until 530 PM MDT.

* At 456 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 19 miles south of
  Bosque Del Apache Refuge, or 36 miles south of Socorro, moving
  southwest 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  south central Socorro County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flows in arroyos, ditches and over low water
crossings. Do not attempt to drive through areas where water covers
the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3364 10683 3359 10662 3348 10666 3348 10696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2256Z 024DEG 17KT 3354 10677 

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

243 
WWUS55 KABQ 052315
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
515 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

NMC053-052325-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0342.000000T0000Z-210905T2330Z/
Socorro-
515 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL SOCORRO 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 3364 10683 3359 10662 3348 10666 3348 10696
TIME...MOT...LOC 2314Z 024DEG 17KT 3346 10681 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 4, 6:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	2 hr
Sep 4, 6:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Sep 4, 7:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	30 min
Sep 4, 7:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe, Torrance	119 min
Sep 4, 8:07 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	23 min
Sep 4, 8:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe, Torrance	48 min
Sep 4, 8:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	2 hr
Sep 5, 1:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	119 min
Sep 5, 1:32 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	39 min
Sep 5, 1:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Sep 5, 2:08 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Catron	112 min
Sep 5, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	29 min
Sep 5, 2:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	36 min
Sep 5, 2:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	63 min
Sep 5, 3:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	32 min
Sep 5, 3:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	2 hr
Sep 5, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	26 min
Sep 5, 3:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	115 min
Sep 5, 3:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	113 min
Sep 5, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	30 min
Sep 5, 4:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	113 min
Sep 5, 4:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	26 min
Sep 5, 5:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	116 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.