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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 3, 2021San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at May 3, 2021, 1:34 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 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 3, 2021, 1:34 PM MDT (19:34 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2021, 2:15 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 208 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 May 3, 12:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 12:06 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 3, 3:52 AM MDT, 9 hours 42 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 11:50 AM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 12:59 PM MDT, 35 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 1:18 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 3, 1:20 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
120 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

NMZ233-031945-
Guadalupe County-
120 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY
UNTIL 145 PM MDT...

At 120 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Vaughn, moving east at 15 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Vaughn.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 285 between Mile Markers 189 and 204.
 Highway 60 between Mile Markers 265 and 285.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3440 10527 3458 10531 3467 10497 3440 10491
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 260DEG 15KT 3450 10521

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Special weather statement, May 3, 1:27 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
127 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

NMZ238-239-032000-
Eastern Lincoln County-Chaves County Plains-
127 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL LINCOLN AND NORTH
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 200 PM MDT...

At 127 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northeast of Arabela, or 35 miles northwest of Roswell, moving
east at 15 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of east central
Lincoln and north central Chaves Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3354 10511 3372 10515 3384 10466 3357 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 260DEG 15KT 3365 10505

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Special weather statement, May 3, 1:34 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
134 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

NMZ228-229-232-032015-
Eastern San Miguel County-Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast
Highlands-
134 PM MDT Mon May 3 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTIES UNTIL 215 PM MDT...

At 133 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southeast of Maes, or 30 miles south of Wagon Mound, moving
northeast at 10 mph.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central San
Miguel and southeastern Mora Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3546 10455 3561 10468 3584 10440 3579 10436
      3578 10436 3578 10435 3557 10419
TIME...MOT...LOC 1933Z 234DEG 7KT 3558 10455

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 10:50 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	25 min
May 3, 11:00 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	30 min
May 3, 11:32 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	13 min
May 3, 11:50 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	10 min
May 3, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	31 min
May 3, 1:18 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	27 min
May 3, 1:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	25 min
May 3, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	33 min
May 3, 1:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	De Baca	47 min
May 3, 2:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	26 min
May 3, 2:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	19 min
May 3, 3:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
May 3, 3:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	55 min
May 3, 3:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	61 min
May 3, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca	20 min
May 3, 4:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	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.