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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 16, 2021Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 4:54 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 51 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: May 16, 2021, 4:54 PM MDT (22:54 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:55 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 16, 2:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 243 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1470 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

721 
WUUS55 KABQ 162254
SVRABQ
NMC059-162345-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0038.210516T2254Z-210516T2345Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
454 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northern Union County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 545 PM MDT.

* At 453 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 13 miles northeast
  of Des Moines, moving east at 10 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
  northwestern Union County.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 389 and 390.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.

&&

LAT...LON 3674 10333 3670 10380 3700 10382 3700 10337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 262DEG 10KT 3684 10362 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

1 follow-up statement

786 
WWUS55 KABQ 162321
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
521 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021

NMC059-162345-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0038.000000T0000Z-210516T2345Z/
Union-
521 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 545 PM MDT
FOR NORTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTY...

At 521 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 18 miles east of Des
Moines, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3674 10333 3675 10368 3696 10371 3700 10337
TIME...MOT...LOC 2321Z 262DEG 10KT 3685 10352 

HAIL...0.88IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 15, 6:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	34 min
May 16, 12:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	35 min
May 16, 3:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
May 16, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	51 min
May 16, 4:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	31 min
May 16, 5:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
May 16, 5:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
May 16, 5:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	33 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.