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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 13, 2021Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 8:45 AM MST for Harding County, San Miguel County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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, 8:45 AM MST (15:45 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 9:30 AM MST
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 70.0 mph

Counties Harding County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:46 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, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 201 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.

347 
WUUS55 KABQ 131545
SVRABQ
NMC021-047-059-131630-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0006.210313T1545Z-210313T1630Z/

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

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern San Miguel County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Eastern Harding County in northeastern New Mexico...
  South central Union County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 930 AM MST.

* At 845 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 12 miles south of
  Mosquero, 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...
  Mosquero, Bueyeros and Rosebud. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3547 10396 3559 10414 3616 10386 3590 10327
TIME...MOT...LOC 1545Z 217DEG 38KT 3560 10400 

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

Shoemake

3 follow-up statements

068 
WWUS55 KABQ 131558
SVSABQ

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

NMC021-047-059-131630-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210313T1630Z/
San Miguel-Harding-Union-
858 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MST
FOR NORTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL...NORTHEASTERN HARDING AND SOUTH CENTRAL
UNION COUNTIES...

At 857 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mosquero,
moving northeast at 50 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...
Mosquero and Bueyeros. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building, as damaging winds are possible with this storm.

&&

LAT...LON 3564 10392 3573 10405 3616 10386 3591 10330
TIME...MOT...LOC 1557Z 206DEG 41KT 3574 10393 

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

Shoemake

054 
WWUS55 KABQ 131613
SVSABQ

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

NMC047-059-131622-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210313T1630Z/
San Miguel-Union-
913 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3582 10382 3592 10394 3616 10386 3613 10379
      3608 10379 3609 10370 3599 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 204DEG 45KT 3593 10384 

$$

NMC021-131630-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210313T1630Z/
Harding-
913 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 930 AM MST
FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY...

At 912 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles west of
Bueyeros, or 12 miles northeast of Mosquero, moving northeast at 50
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...
Bueyeros.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3582 10382 3592 10394 3616 10386 3613 10379
      3608 10379 3609 10370 3599 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1612Z 204DEG 45KT 3593 10384 

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

Shoemake

504 
WWUS55 KABQ 131625
SVSABQ

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

NMC021-131635-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0006.000000T0000Z-210313T1630Z/
Harding-
925 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY
WILL EXPIRE AT 930 AM MST...
                
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 will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 3582 10382 3592 10394 3616 10386 3613 10379
      3608 10379 3609 10370 3599 10348
TIME...MOT...LOC 1625Z 217DEG 38KT 3602 10376 

$$

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, 8:16 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	29 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

Nearby

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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.