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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT for McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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 13, 2021, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County McKinley County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:51 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 477 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1663 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 12 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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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 13, 5:22 PM MDT, 28 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 13, 5:22 PM MDT, 28 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 348 AM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021 NMZ201>241-141000- 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- 348 AM MDT Tue Jul 13 2021 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central New Mexico. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Another round of slow-moving thunderstorms is expected this afternoon through early tonight. Storm motions will generally be toward the south or southwest between 10 and 20 mph. Locally heavy rainfall can be expected with any of the stronger storms and isolated hail up to quarter-sized with the most intense storm cells. Brief heavy rain may lead to localized areas of flash flooding, especially over and near recent and older burn scars. Isolated locations may receive up to 2 inches of rainfall. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Present indications are that Wednesday afternoon through Thursday night will be the most active period this week with a heightened threat of flash flooding particularly over and below recent burn scars as well as areas that have received substantial rainfall the past week. Additionally, a few strong to severe thunderstorms are expected capable of large hail and damaging winds. Storm motions for Wednesday and Thursday will generally be toward the southeast or south. For the period Friday and beyond.... scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected. Storm motions will shift and slowly toward the south or southwest and rainfall could become heavy at times. This may lead to localized areas of flash flooding, especially over and near recent and older burn scars. Isolated locations may receive up to 2 inches of rainfall. A few storms may also produce small hail and wind gusts to 50 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. 41
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 13, 1:47 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before
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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 12, 10:53 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 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 | ABQ | Mora | 118 min |
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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.