Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2021, 3:59 PM MDT for Quay County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 17, 2021, 3:59 PM MDT (21:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2021, 5:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Quay County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 4:23 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 Ssw Nara Visa, NM | NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
| May 17, 4:33 PM MDT | TORNADO | 8 Ssw Nara Visa, NM | NO DAMAGE REPORTED. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
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 17, 1:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
| May 17, 2:04 PM MDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 142 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1522 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -81 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
607
WUUS55 KABQ 172159
SVRABQ
NMC037-059-172300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0053.210517T2159Z-210517T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
359 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Northeastern Quay County in east central New Mexico...
Southeastern Union County in northeastern New Mexico...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 359 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Nara Visa,
moving north 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...
Nara Visa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
&&
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for east central
New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3543 10325 3586 10337 3591 10304 3545 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 172DEG 17KT 3552 10313
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
441 follow-up statement
335
WWUS55 KABQ 172221
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
421 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021
NMC037-059-172300-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-210517T2300Z/
Quay-Union-
421 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTIES...
At 420 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Nara Visa,
moving north at 15 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Nara Visa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for east central
New Mexico.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3586 10337 3591 10304 3551 10304 3549 10327
TIME...MOT...LOC 2220Z 172DEG 17KT 3562 10315
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 35 min |
| May 16, 6:30 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:36 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 3 hr |
| May 16, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 12 min |
| May 16, 7:00 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 30 min |
| May 16, 7:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 23 min |
| May 16, 7:26 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 42 min |
| May 17, 11:51 AM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 24 min |
| May 17, 12:05 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 25 min |
| May 17, 12:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 59 min |
| May 17, 12:25 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Taos | 35 min |
| May 17, 12:27 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 33 min |
| May 17, 12:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Los Alamos | 29 min |
| May 17, 12:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe | 53 min |
| May 17, 1:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 27 min |
| May 17, 1:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 35 min |
| May 17, 1:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 62 min |
| May 17, 1:22 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 23 min |
| May 17, 1:32 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 28 min |
| May 17, 1:52 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Sandoval, Santa Fe | 113 min |
| May 17, 1:59 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 31 min | |
| May 17, 2:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 24 min |
| May 17, 2:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 31 min |
| May 17, 2:19 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 33 min |
| May 17, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 27 min |
| May 17, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 36 min |
| May 17, 2:49 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 26 min |
| May 17, 2:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, Taos | 17 min |
| May 17, 3:01 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 29 min | |
| May 17, 3:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay | 58 min |
| May 17, 3:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Curry | 8 min |
| May 17, 3:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 36 min |
| May 17, 3:29 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 31 min |
| May 17, 3:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 23 min |
| May 17, 3:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Colfax | 26 min |
| May 17, 3:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 46 min |
| May 17, 3:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel | 55 min |
| May 17, 3:56 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 34 min |
| May 17, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 61 min |
| May 17, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 26 min |
| May 17, 4:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 36 min |
| May 17, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 44 min |
| May 17, 4:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Union | 60 min |
| May 17, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 111 min |
| May 17, 4:42 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay | 38 min |
| May 17, 4:54 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 51 min |
| May 17, 4:57 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay, Union | 63 min |
| May 17, 5:14 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 31 min |
| May 17, 5:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Union | 60 min |
| May 17, 5:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 21 min |
| May 17, 5:41 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay, Union | 14 min |
| May 17, 5:58 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 32 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.