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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 20, 2021Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2021, 5:21 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 24 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
Jun 20, 2021, 5:21 PM MDT (23:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2021, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Bernalillo County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 3 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 118 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
118 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-269 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3031 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

784 
WWUS85 KABQ 202321
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
521 PM MDT Sun Jun 20 2021
 
NMZ219-221-202345-
Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood-Middle Rio Grande
Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
521 PM MDT Sun Jun 20 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BERNALILLO COUNTY UNTIL 545 PM
MDT...

At 519 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong winds from the 
west moving over Albuquerque.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Albuquerque, Los Ranchos De Albuquerque, Tijeras, Cedar Crest, South
Valley, North Valley, Cedro, Carnuel and Canoncito in Bernalillo
County.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 157 and 178.
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 218 and 231.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
Blowing dust associated with strong thunderstorm winds can reduce
visibilities below one quarter mile at times.

&&

LAT...LON 3501 10672 3518 10666 3513 10632 3490 10639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 285DEG 25KT 3508 10660 

$$

40

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe30 min
Jun 19, 7:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance29 min
Jun 19, 8:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo30 min
Jun 19, 8:21 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance24 min
Jun 20, 2:37 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance23 min
Jun 20, 3:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves24 min
Jun 20, 4:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry25 min
Jun 20, 4:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry32 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.