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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 6, 2021Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 2:16 PM MDT for Union 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: Jul 6, 2021, 2:16 PM MDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 29 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 211 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:17 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, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 259 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: 375 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -26 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 669 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.0
Supercell composite: -0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

429 
WWUS85 KABQ 062016
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
216 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021
 
NMZ227-228-230-231-062045-
Far Northeast Highlands-Harding County-Union County-Johnson and
Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
216 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL HARDING...WEST
CENTRAL UNION AND SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 245 PM MDT...

At 216 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 7 miles southwest of Capulin to 10 miles
southeast of Gladstone. Movement was west at 15 mph.

Nickel size hail and wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Heavy rain will also be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Gladstone, Farley and Yates. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
These storms 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 3680 10441 3605 10410 3609 10370 3671 10396
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 094DEG 12KT 3665 10406 3617 10387 

$$

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 6:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	2 hr
Jul 5, 7:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	35 min
Jul 5, 7:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	2 hr
Jul 5, 9:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 5, 10:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 6, 2:54 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, Quay, Roosevelt and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:21 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	3 hr
Jul 6, 7:57 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln	96 min
Jul 6, 12:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Taos	2 hr
Jul 6, 12:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	24 min
Jul 6, 12:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	35 min
Jul 6, 1:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	118 min
Jul 6, 1:19 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 6, 1:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	37 min
Jul 6, 1:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	32 min
Jul 6, 1:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	2 hr
Jul 6, 2:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	31 min
Jul 6, 2:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	33 min
Jul 6, 2:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	31 min
Jul 6, 2:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	115 min
Jul 6, 2:54 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 6, 3:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
Jul 6, 3:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	50 min
Jul 6, 3:43 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	32 min
Jul 6, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	38 min
Jul 6, 4:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	31 min
Jul 6, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	29 min
Jul 6, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	33 min
Jul 6, 4:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	46 min
Jul 6, 4:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	28 min
Jul 6, 4:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	113 min
Jul 6, 4:45 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	45 min
Jul 6, 4:51 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	114 min
Jul 6, 4:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:02 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	28 min
Jul 6, 5:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	48 min
Jul 6, 5:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	26 min
Jul 6, 5:34 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance	26 min
Jul 6, 5:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	112 min
Jul 6, 5:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 6, 5:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	35 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.