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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 347, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 6, 2021Harding County, Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 2021, 6:42 PM MDT for Harding County, Mora County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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 6, 2021, 6:42 PM MDT (00:42 UTC)
Expired: Sep 6, 2021, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:44 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 619 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2781 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

662 
WUUS55 KABQ 070042
SVRABQ
NMC021-033-047-070130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0347.210907T0042Z-210907T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
642 PM MDT Mon Sep 6 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...
  West central Harding County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Southeastern Mora County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 642 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 14 miles southwest
  of Roy, or 20 miles southeast of Wagon Mound, moving south at 20
  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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  north central San Miguel, west central Harding and southeastern
  Mora Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

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

&&

LAT...LON 3590 10450 3589 10428 3553 10420 3556 10463
TIME...MOT...LOC 0042Z 009DEG 16KT 3584 10441 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Shoemake

2 follow-up statements

838 
WWUS55 KABQ 070108
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
708 PM MDT Mon Sep 6 2021

NMC021-033-070117-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0347.000000T0000Z-210907T0130Z/
Harding-Mora-
708 PM MDT Mon Sep 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL HARDING AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area in Harding and Mora counties. Therefore, the warning 
has been cancelled for these two counties.

LAT...LON 3556 10463 3578 10450 3578 10433 3553 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 008DEG 15KT 3573 10442 

$$

NMC047-070130-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0347.000000T0000Z-210907T0130Z/
San Miguel-
708 PM MDT Mon Sep 6 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...

At 707 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 10 miles east of
Maes, or 24 miles southeast of Wagon Mound, moving south at 15 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.

This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north
central San Miguel County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3556 10463 3578 10450 3578 10433 3553 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0107Z 008DEG 15KT 3573 10442 

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Shoemake

463 
WWUS55 KABQ 070129
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
729 PM MDT Mon Sep 6 2021

NMC047-070139-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0347.000000T0000Z-210907T0130Z/
San Miguel-
729 PM MDT Mon Sep 6 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL
COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM MDT...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3556 10463 3578 10450 3578 10433 3553 10420
TIME...MOT...LOC 0129Z 009DEG 16KT 3564 10444 

$$

Shoemake

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 6, 6:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	42 min
Sep 6, 6:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	42 min
Sep 6, 6:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Sep 6, 6:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	111 min
Sep 6, 6:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
Sep 6, 7:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
Sep 6, 7:19 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	27 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.