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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 352, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 29, 2021Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 2021, 2:01 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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, 2:01 PM MDT (20:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 2021, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Rio Arriba County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

391 
WUUS55 KABQ 292001
SVRABQ
NMC039-292045-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0352.210929T2001Z-210929T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
201 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...

* Until 245 PM MDT.

* At 200 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 11 miles north of
  Counselor, or 32 miles southeast of Navajo Dam, 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.

* This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  west central Rio Arriba County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3625 10743 3642 10750 3661 10705 3635 10693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 249DEG 19KT 3637 10739 

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

$$
1 follow-up statement
774 
WWUS55 KABQ 292035
SVSABQ

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

NMC039-292045-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0352.000000T0000Z-210929T2045Z/
Rio Arriba-
235 PM MDT Wed Sep 29 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR WEST CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 245 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.  However small hail
and gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3625 10743 3642 10750 3661 10705 3635 10693
TIME...MOT...LOC 2035Z 249DEG 19KT 3643 10719 

$$

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, 1:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba, San Juan24 min
Sep 29, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba25 min
Sep 29, 4:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRio Arriba30 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.