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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 13, 2021Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 8:16 AM MST for Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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: Mar 13, 2021, 8:16 AM MST (15:16 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 8:45 AM MST
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:18 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 188 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -140 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 540 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 73 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 162 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 216 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.9

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

562 
WUUS55 KABQ 131516
SVRABQ
NMC019-047-131545-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0005.210313T1516Z-210313T1545Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
816 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Eastern San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Northeastern Guadalupe County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 845 AM MST.

* At 815 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Conchas, or
  29 miles west of Tucumcari, moving northeast at 45 mph.

  HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to 
           mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

* Locations impacted include...
  Conchas Dam, Conchas, Conchas Lake State Park and Bell Ranch. 

This includes State Road 104 between Mile Markers 63 and 84.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm is capable of producing widespread wind damage across 
eastern San Miguel county. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy 
structure and stay away from windows.

To report severe weather, contact the National Weather Service 
office in Albuquerque at 1.888.386.7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3514 10413 3527 10436 3574 10423 3563 10387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1515Z 202DEG 39KT 3532 10422 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

1 follow-up statement

380 
WWUS55 KABQ 131534
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
834 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

NMC019-131543-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210313T1545Z/
Guadalupe-
834 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY
IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
Guadalupe county, and therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3536 10410 3549 10425 3574 10423 3563 10387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 202DEG 39KT 3550 10413 

$$

NMC047-131545-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-210313T1545Z/
San Miguel-
834 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 AM MST
FOR NORTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY...

At 833 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast of
Conchas Dam, or 21 miles southwest of Mosquero, moving north at 45
mph.

HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect considerable tree damage. Damage is likely to mobile 
         homes, roofs, and outbuildings.

Locations impacted include...
Bell Ranch.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm is capable of producing widespread wind damage across 
northeastern San Miguel county. SEEK SHELTER NOW inside a sturdy 
structure and stay away from windows.

To report severe weather contact the National Weather Service office 
in Albuquerque at 1.888.386.7637.

&&

LAT...LON 3536 10410 3549 10425 3574 10423 3563 10387
TIME...MOT...LOC 1533Z 202DEG 39KT 3550 10413 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...70MPH
 
$$

Shoemake

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 5:21 PM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	24 min
Mar 12, 8:21 PM MST	Dense Fog Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Curry, Harding, Mora, Quay, San Miguel and 1 more	12 hr
Mar 13, 5:41 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	34 min
Mar 13, 6:20 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	25 min
Mar 13, 7:12 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	48 min
Mar 13, 7:28 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	32 min
Mar 13, 7:35 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	40 min
Mar 13, 8:01 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	44 min
Mar 13, 8:45 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	45 min
Mar 13, 9:53 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Mar 13, 9:54 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	36 min
Mar 13, 10:21 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	39 min
Mar 13, 10:32 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	28 min
Mar 13, 11:05 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	40 min
Mar 13, 11:07 AM MST	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	23 min
Mar 13, 11:23 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	52 min
Mar 13, 11:47 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, Union	58 min
Mar 13, 12:09 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	38 min
Mar 13, 12:23 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	22 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.