Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2021
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2021, 4:01 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 26 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 17, 2021, 4:01 PM MDT (22:01 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 2021, 4:27 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Tornado
- Possible
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 70.0 mph
County Quay County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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, 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 198 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.
120
WUUS55 KABQ 172201
SVRABQ
NMC037-172300-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0055.210517T2201Z-210517T2300Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
401 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southwestern Quay County in east central New Mexico...
* Until 500 PM MDT.
* At 400 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ragland, or
26 miles south of Tucumcari, moving northeast at 15 mph.
HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and ping pong ball size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect
considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to
mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings.
* Locations impacted include...
Quay and Ragland.
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 3467 10389 3480 10398 3504 10380 3485 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 232DEG 13KT 3479 10384
TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...70MPH
$$
Guyer2 follow-up statements
519 WWUS55 KABQ 172215 SVSABQ Severe Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 415 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021 NMC037-172300- /O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210517T2300Z/ Quay- 415 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY... At 415 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Ragland, or 22 miles south of Tucumcari, moving northeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Quay and Ragland. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for east central New Mexico. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 3467 10389 3480 10398 3504 10380 3485 10349 TIME...MOT...LOC 2215Z 216DEG 13KT 3486 10382 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ Guyer
703
WWUS55 KABQ 172227
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
427 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021
NMC037-172237-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0055.000000T0000Z-210517T2300Z/
Quay-
427 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN QUAY 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. However small hail, gusty
winds and heavy rain are still possible with this thunderstorm.
A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for east central
New Mexico.
LAT...LON 3467 10389 3480 10398 3504 10380 3485 10349
TIME...MOT...LOC 2218Z 232DEG 13KT 3489 10378
$$
GuyerThe 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 | Quay, Union | 61 min |
| May 17, 3:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.