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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 16, 2021Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 16, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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 16, 2021, 3:13 PM MDT (21:13 UTC)
Expired
Jul 16, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Mora County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:17 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, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2021-07-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 34 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 2021-07-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
34 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1789 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
8 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-14 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

885 
WWUS85 KABQ 162113
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
313 PM MDT Fri Jul 16 2021
 
NMZ215-228-162200-
Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
313 PM MDT Fri Jul 16 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL MORA COUNTY UNTIL 400 PM
MDT...

At 313 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles south of Ocate, or 17 miles west of Wagon Mound, moving
southeast at 10 mph.

Penny size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of central Mora
County.

This includes Interstate 25 near Mile Marker 369.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3602 10515 3613 10501 3601 10473 3583 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 309DEG 9KT 3603 10502 

$$

KJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 15, 6:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax34 min
Jul 15, 6:51 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln114 min
Jul 16, 12:27 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval3 hr
Jul 16, 12:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos33 min
Jul 16, 12:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax23 min
Jul 16, 1:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax46 min
Jul 16, 1:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln42 min
Jul 16, 2:00 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora45 min
Jul 16, 2:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ43 min
Jul 16, 2:25 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion50 min
Jul 16, 3:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe3 hr
Jul 16, 3:29 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe3 hr
Jul 16, 3:57 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion33 min
Jul 16, 4:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding28 min
Jul 16, 4:36 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union3 hr
Jul 16, 5:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQValencia3 hr

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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.