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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 17, 2021Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2021, 5:33 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 21 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, 5:33 PM MDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2021, 5:54 PM MDT
In force: 21 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 45 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 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 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, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 143 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: 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

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The text

As transmitted.

755 
WUUS55 KABQ 172333
SVRABQ
NMC009-037-180015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0062.210517T2333Z-210518T0015Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
533 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southeastern Quay County in east central New Mexico...
  Northeastern Curry County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 615 PM MDT.

* At 533 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Grady, or 25
  miles north of Clovis, moving northeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage 
           to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Grady, Broadview, Wheatland and Bellview. 

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 3466 10318 3483 10346 3506 10331 3505 10304
      3480 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 222DEG 24KT 3477 10329 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Guyer

2 follow-up statements

815 
WWUS55 KABQ 172348
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
548 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

NMC009-037-180015-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210518T0015Z/
Quay-Curry-
548 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 615 PM MDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN QUAY AND NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES...

At 547 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Broadview, or
29 miles north of Clovis, moving northeast at 30 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Grady, Broadview, Wheatland and Bellview. 

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 3466 10318 3483 10346 3506 10331 3505 10304
      3480 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 222DEG 24KT 3484 10321 

HAIL...0.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

Guyer

223 
WWUS55 KABQ 172354
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
554 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

NMC009-037-180004-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0062.000000T0000Z-210518T0015Z/
Quay-Curry-
554 PM MDT Mon May 17 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN QUAY AND
NORTHEASTERN CURRY COUNTIES 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 3466 10318 3483 10346 3506 10331 3505 10304
      3480 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 222DEG 24KT 3488 10317 

$$

Guyer

The 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, 4:01 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, 5:41 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.