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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 351, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 29, 2021Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2021, 1:56 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, San Juan County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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 29, 2021, 1:56 PM MDT (19:56 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2021, 2:20 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:59 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, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 12:00Z on 2021-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1197 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

371 
WUUS55 KABQ 291956
SVRABQ
NMC039-045-292045-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0351.210929T1956Z-210929T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
156 PM MDT Wed Sep 29 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Rio Arriba County in north central New Mexico...
  East central San Juan County in northwestern New Mexico...

* Until 245 PM MDT.

* At 156 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 8 miles southeast
  of Bloomfield, moving east 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Navajo Dam, Navajo Lake State Park and Turley. 

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 70 and 97.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3651 10792 3667 10799 3686 10753 3660 10741
TIME...MOT...LOC 1956Z 249DEG 19KT 3662 10787 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
881 
WWUS55 KABQ 292020
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
220 PM MDT Wed Sep 29 2021

NMC039-045-292029-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0351.000000T0000Z-210929T2045Z/
Rio Arriba-San Juan-
220 PM MDT Wed Sep 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA AND
EAST CENTRAL SAN JUAN 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.

LAT...LON 3651 10792 3667 10799 3686 10753 3660 10741
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 249DEG 19KT 3667 10772 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 1:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan26 min
Sep 29, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Juan28 min
Sep 29, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ31 min
Sep 29, 2:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba44 min
Sep 29, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba25 min
Sep 29, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba30 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.