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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 12, 2021Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2021, 10:53 PM MDT for Socorro 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: Jul 12, 2021, 10:53 PM MDT (04:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2021, 11:30 PM MDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Socorro County, NM

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 105 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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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: 166 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -92 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -38 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.6

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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 12, 9:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 9:04 PM MDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 3:42 AM MDT, 19 hours 11 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
342 AM MDT Mon Jul 12 2021

NMZ201>241-131300-
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-
342 AM MDT Mon Jul 12 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected this afternoon
through the overnight. Storm motions will be slow and toward the
southwest. Rainfall could become heavy. This may lead to localized
areas of flash flooding, especially over and downstream of recent
and older burn scars. Isolated locations may receive up to 2 or 3
inches of rainfall. A few storms may also produce large hail and
damaging wind gusts to 60 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected each day. Storm
motions will be slow and rainfall could become heavy. This may lead
to localized areas of flash flooding, especially over and downstream
of recent and older burn scars. Isolated locations may receive up to
2 or 3 inches of rainfall. A few storms may also produce hail and
wind gusts to 55 mph.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts and any flooding
through the National Weather Service Albuquerque web site at
weather.gov/abq or by calling 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 7:32 PM MDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 8:38 PM MDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:48 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 10:06 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 10:53 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 12, 10:53 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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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 12, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	26 min
Jul 12, 6:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		37 min
Jul 12, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Catron	50 min
Jul 12, 6:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	33 min
Jul 12, 6:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 12, 7:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Jul 12, 7:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	26 min
Jul 12, 7:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	3 hr
Jul 12, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	63 min
Jul 12, 7:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	29 min
Jul 12, 7:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
Jul 12, 7:38 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	56 min
Jul 12, 8:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	37 min
Jul 12, 9:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	42 min
Jul 12, 10:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	24 min
Jul 12, 10:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 12, 10:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Juan	37 min
Jul 13, 1:13 AM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		47 min
Jul 13, 1:19 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, San Juan	3 hr
Jul 13, 1:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Taos	2 hr
Jul 13, 1:30 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	2 hr
Jul 13, 1:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	114 min
Jul 13, 2:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Mora, Taos	109 min
Jul 13, 2:46 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 13, 5:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora	118 min
Jul 13, 5:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	25 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.