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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

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

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 13, 2021, 10:21 AM MST for Harding County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 39 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, 10:21 AM MST (17:21 UTC)
Expired: Mar 13, 2021, 11:00 AM MST
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 192 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

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The text

As transmitted.

700 
WUUS55 KABQ 131721
SVRABQ
NMC021-059-131800-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0007.210313T1721Z-210313T1800Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1021 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern Harding County in northeastern New Mexico...
  Central Union County in northeastern New Mexico...

* Until 1100 AM MST.

* At 1020 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located near Bueyeros, or
  24 miles northeast of Mosquero, moving north at 55 mph.

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

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

* Locations impacted include...
  Clayton, Grenville, Bueyeros, Clayton Lake State Park and Mount
  Dora.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 403 and 429.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3589 10356 3596 10376 3671 10360 3656 10300
      3654 10301
TIME...MOT...LOC 1720Z 201DEG 48KT 3601 10362 

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

Shoemake

2 follow-up statements

045 
WWUS55 KABQ 131734
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1034 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

NMC021-131744-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210313T1800Z/
Harding-
1034 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
    
The severe thunderstorm which prompted the warning has moved out of 
the warned area. Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

LAT...LON 3654 10301 3608 10344 3609 10350 3614 10366
      3671 10360 3656 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 201DEG 48KT 3618 10354 

$$

NMC059-131800-
/O.CON.KABQ.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210313T1800Z/
Union-
1034 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 AM MST
FOR CENTRAL UNION COUNTY...

At 1034 AM MST, a severe thunderstorm was located 16 miles northeast
of Bueyeros, or 27 miles southwest of Clayton, moving north at 55
mph.

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

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

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

Locations impacted include...
Clayton, Grenville, Clayton Lake State Park and Mount Dora. 

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 404 and 429.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building and brace for severe wind gusts.

Accumulations of hail on roads can create very slick and hazardous
driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3654 10301 3608 10344 3609 10350 3614 10366
      3671 10360 3656 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1734Z 201DEG 48KT 3618 10354 

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

Shoemake

273 
WWUS55 KABQ 131751
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1051 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

NMC059-131800-
/O.EXP.KABQ.SV.W.0007.000000T0000Z-210313T1800Z/
Union-
1051 AM MST Sat Mar 13 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL UNION COUNTY WILL
EXPIRE AT 1100 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.  However, gusty 
winds are still possible with this thunderstorm.

LAT...LON 3654 10301 3608 10344 3609 10350 3614 10366
      3671 10360 3656 10300
TIME...MOT...LOC 1750Z 201DEG 48KT 3638 10345 

$$

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, 8:45 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	45 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, 10:32 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

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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.