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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 21, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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 21, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- May 21, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Union County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:54 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, 11.8 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1826 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 71 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 223 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
002
WUUS55 KABQ 212350
SVRABQ
NMC021-037-059-220015-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0066.210521T2350Z-210522T0015Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
550 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021
The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
Southeastern Harding County in northeastern New Mexico...
Northeastern Quay County in east central New Mexico...
Southern Union County in northeastern New Mexico...
* Until 615 PM MDT.
* At 550 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Logan, or 17
miles southwest of Nara Visa, moving north at 35 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...
Logan and Nara Visa.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
Torrential rainfall is occurring with this storm, and may lead to
flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways.
&&
LAT...LON 3533 10320 3534 10342 3578 10341 3572 10304
3570 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2350Z 182DEG 31KT 3542 10331
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
331 follow-up statement
575
WWUS55 KABQ 220007
SVSABQ
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
607 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021
NMC021-037-059-220017-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0066.000000T0000Z-210522T0015Z/
Harding-Quay-Union-
607 PM MDT Fri May 21 2021
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN HARDING...
NORTHEASTERN QUAY AND SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 615 PM
MDT...
The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. However heavy rain
is still possible with this thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 3533 10320 3534 10342 3578 10341 3572 10304
3570 10304
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 182DEG 31KT 3555 10330
$$
33The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 21, 2:33 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Harding, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 2 more | 16 hr |
| May 21, 2:33 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval and 3 more | 29 hr |
| May 21, 5:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 23 min |
| May 21, 5:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 34 min |
| May 21, 5:16 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 29 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.