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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 31, 2021Taos County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT for Taos County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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 31, 2021, 1:08 PM MDT (19:08 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2021, 1:45 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Taos County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:10 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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 166 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: 900 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 263 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 268 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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The text

As transmitted.

645 
WWUS85 KABQ 311908
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
108 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021
 
NMZ210-216-311945-
Upper Rio Grande Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama-
108 PM MDT Mon May 31 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WEST CENTRAL TAOS AND EAST
CENTRAL RIO ARRIBA COUNTIES UNTIL 145 PM MDT...

At 107 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Petaca, or 22 miles west of Taos, moving northeast at 15 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Petaca.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 285 between Mile Markers 366 and 380.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 226 and 230, and between Mile
Markers 237 and 242.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor your preferred
media outlets and NOAA Weather Radio for additional information and
possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3649 10569 3637 10594 3638 10595 3637 10595
      3636 10597 3639 10600 3640 10599 3641 10601
      3648 10607 3665 10591
TIME...MOT...LOC 1907Z 222DEG 11KT 3648 10596 

$$

DPorter

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 6:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	43 min
May 30, 6:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	118 min
May 30, 6:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	25 min
May 30, 6:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
May 30, 6:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	24 min
May 30, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
May 30, 7:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
May 30, 7:26 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	12 min
May 30, 8:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
May 30, 11:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
May 31, 2:50 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Chaves, Colfax, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel and 2 more	18 hr
May 31, 3:33 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	6 hr
May 31, 6:59 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	31 min
May 31, 7:16 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
May 31, 7:19 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	56 min
May 31, 7:23 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	37 min
May 31, 7:44 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	3 hr
May 31, 7:51 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	24 min
May 31, 8:01 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
May 31, 8:04 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	26 min
May 31, 8:12 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	3 hr
May 31, 8:35 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	25 min
May 31, 9:11 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	34 min
May 31, 9:24 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		21 min
May 31, 9:32 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
May 31, 9:46 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	44 min
May 31, 9:49 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
May 31, 10:31 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca	3 hr
May 31, 11:14 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	3 hr
May 31, 11:21 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	24 min
May 31, 11:29 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	31 min
May 31, 12:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	42 min
May 31, 12:13 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
May 31, 12:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
May 31, 12:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	37 min
May 31, 12:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	34 min
May 31, 1:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	27 min
May 31, 1:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	35 min
May 31, 1:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	33 min
May 31, 1:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	66 min
May 31, 1:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
May 31, 1:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	26 min
May 31, 1:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	52 min
May 31, 1:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia	3 hr
May 31, 1:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	27 min
May 31, 1:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	3 hr
May 31, 1:52 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro	38 min
May 31, 1:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	34 min
May 31, 1:57 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance	3 hr
May 31, 1:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	39 min
May 31, 2:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	31 min
May 31, 2:27 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Valencia	2 hr
May 31, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	29 min
May 31, 2:36 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	24 min
May 31, 2:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	28 min
May 31, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	25 min
May 31, 2:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
May 31, 4:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	33 min
May 31, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
May 31, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	28 min
May 31, 5:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	24 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.