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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 16, 2021Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2021, 6:38 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 12 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, 6:38 PM MDT (00:38 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 2021, 6:50 PM MDT
In force
12 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 217 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 225 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 152 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 00:00Z on 2021-05-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 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
152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3777 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

478 
WUUS55 KABQ 170038
SVRABQ
NMC007-170145-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0039.210517T0038Z-210517T0145Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Colfax County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 745 PM MDT.

* At 638 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Ute Park, or
  28 miles east of Questa, moving northeast 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.

* Locations impacted include...
  Ute Park and Cimarron Canyon State Park. 

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 293 and 304.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3647 10505 3657 10524 3689 10505 3675 10477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0038Z 212DEG 11KT 3659 10510 

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

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1 follow-up statement
280 
WWUS55 KABQ 170050
SVSABQ

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

NMC007-170059-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0039.000000T0000Z-210517T0145Z/
Colfax-
650 PM MDT Sun May 16 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN COLFAX 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 3647 10505 3657 10524 3689 10505 3675 10477
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 212DEG 11KT 3662 10508 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 6:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding35 min
May 16, 6:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax3 hr
May 16, 6:36 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax3 hr
May 16, 7:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding30 min
May 16, 7:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding23 min
May 16, 7:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union42 min
May 17, 11:51 AM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia24 min
May 17, 12:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe25 min
May 17, 12:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe59 min
May 17, 12:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTaos35 min
May 17, 12:27 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance33 min
May 17, 12:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos29 min
May 17, 12:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLos Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe53 min
May 17, 1:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe27 min
May 17, 1:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval, Santa Fe35 min
May 17, 1:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe62 min
May 17, 1:22 PM MDTTornado WarningABQSandoval, Santa Fe23 min
May 17, 1:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance28 min
May 17, 1:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval, Santa Fe113 min
May 17, 1:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ31 min
May 17, 2:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe24 min
May 17, 2:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe31 min
May 17, 2:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe33 min
May 17, 2:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe27 min
May 17, 2:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora36 min
May 17, 2:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax26 min
May 17, 2:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, Taos17 min
May 17, 3:01 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ29 min
May 17, 3:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay58 min
May 17, 3:22 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry8 min
May 17, 3:24 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe36 min
May 17, 3:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora31 min
May 17, 3:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe23 min
May 17, 3:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax26 min
May 17, 3:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora, San Miguel46 min
May 17, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel55 min
May 17, 3:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe34 min
May 17, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, Union61 min
May 17, 3:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay61 min
May 17, 4:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay26 min
May 17, 4:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt36 min
May 17, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding44 min
May 17, 4:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora, San Miguel, Union60 min
May 17, 4:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax111 min
May 17, 4:42 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay38 min
May 17, 4:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay51 min
May 17, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, Union63 min
May 17, 5:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding31 min
May 17, 5:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Union60 min
May 17, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay21 min
May 17, 5:41 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay, Union14 min
May 17, 5:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion32 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.