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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Apr 23, 2021, 5:01 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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
- Apr 23, 2021, 5:01 PM MDT (23:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 23, 2021, 5:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County Quay County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 1968 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 245 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 248 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 23, 3:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 23, 3:22 PM MDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 408 AM MDT Fri Apr 23 2021 NMZ201>241-241100- Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands- Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains- West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains- San Francisco River Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama- Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass- Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains- Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains- East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley- Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area- Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area- Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood- Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands- Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains- Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass- Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-Union County- Harding County-Eastern San Miguel County-Guadalupe County- Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-De Baca County- Chaves County Plains-Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County- San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands- 408 AM MDT Fri Apr 23 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Wind Advisory is in effect this afternoon and early evening for the Central Highlands. Elsewhere, windy conditions will prevail today with a few afternoon showers and storms producing strong and erratic wind gusts. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday Windy conditions are forecast Sunday and very windy conditions are forecast Monday. A Wind Advisory will likely be required. Areas of blowing dust are likely. Widespread critical fire weather conditions are likely both days as well. A round of snow may come to the higher terrain, especially across the northern mountains, Monday night through early Wednesday as a Pacific trough and associated cold front move east across the region. There is a slight chance that a Winter Weather Advisory may be required for the higher elevations of the Sangre De Cristo Mountains. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated. 11
In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 23, 12:55 PM MDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 23, 2:15 AM MDT | Wind Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance | 17 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:05 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more | 24 hr |
| Apr 23, 3:05 PM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba and 6 more | 35 hr |
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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.