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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, 3:11 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2021, 3:11 PM MDT (21:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2021, 3:45 PM MDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:12 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 252 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

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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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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 Jul 6, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 12:00 PM MDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 3:29 AM MDT, 11 hours 42 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
329 AM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMZ201>241-071200-
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-
329 AM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

There is a marginal risk of severe thunderstorms over portions of
northeast and east central New Mexico later this afternoon and
evening where large hail and damaging winds are possible. Locally
heavy thunderstorm rains may result in flash flooding, especially
near and downstream from wildfire burn scars. Areas where heavy rain
has recently fallen and saturated the ground may also be susceptible
to flash flooding.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

The areal coverage and number of storms will lessen Wednesday through
Friday but heavy rainfall could still result from any storm. Storm
coverage will increase again Saturday through Monday, along with
potential for heavy rainfall which could lead to flash flooding.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report severe weather, rainfall amounts
and any flooding impacts through the National Weather Service
Albuquerque web site at weather.gov/abq or by calling 1.888.386.7637.
You can also submit storm reports and photos on our Facebook page or
via Twitter using the hashtag nmwx.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 1:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:16 PM MDT, 55 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:27 PM MDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:44 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
244 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMZ228-230-231-062115-
Far Northeast Highlands-Harding County-Union County-
244 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN HARDING...WEST
CENTRAL UNION...NORTHEASTERN MORA AND SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTIES
UNTIL 315 PM MDT...

At 244 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 11 miles west of Mills to near Gladstone.
Movement was west at 15 mph.

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

Heavy rain will also be possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Roy, Abbott, Chicosa Lake State Park, Farley, Gladstone, Mills and
Yates.

&&

LAT...LON 3622 10463 3646 10396 3629 10366 3599 10372
      3592 10452
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 081DEG 12KT 3614 10444 3628 10396

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 3:06 PM MDT, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
306 PM MDT TUE JUL 06 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0246 PM     FLASH FLOOD      1 W RUIDOSO             33.33N 105.70W
07/06/2021                   LINCOLN            NM   SOCIAL MEDIA

            FLOODING REACHING STRUCTURES ALONG THE RIO RUIDOSO

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ202102417

RJH

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 3:11 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
311 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

NMZ227-228-230-062145-
Far Northeast Highlands-Union County-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas
Including Raton Pass-
311 PM MDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN UNION AND NORTHEASTERN
COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM MDT...

At 311 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 9 miles southeast of Sugarite to 22 miles north
of Clayton Lake State Park. Movement was southeast at 10 mph.

Penny 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...
Raton, Des Moines, Folsom, Raton Crews Airport, Capulin, Sugarite
Canyon State Park and Sugarite.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 438 and 460.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 337 and 392.

&&

LAT...LON 3680 10306 3666 10374 3670 10452 3699 10462
      3700 10312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2111Z 315DEG 8KT 3684 10427 3689 10338

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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, 2:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	29 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, 3:25 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.