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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 25, 2021McKinley County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2021, 6:40 PM MDT for McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 20 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 25, 2021, 6:40 PM MDT (00:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
In force: 20 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM

County McKinley County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Grand Junction, CO (KGJT), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 390 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: 126 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -77 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2890 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 25, 3:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:11 PM MDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 4:35 AM MDT, 14 hours 5 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
435 AM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

NMZ201>241-261100-
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-
435 AM MDT Sun Jul 25 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Heavy rainfall is possible this afternoon and evening, mainly in and
near the mountains, where localized areas of flash flooding may
occur.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Heavy rainfall is possible Monday through Thursday, mainly across the
higher terrain of western and central New Mexico, where localized
areas of flash flooding may occur.

.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 25, 4:11 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 4:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:57 PM MDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 6:40 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 25, 6:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:37 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 25, 6:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:59 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Lincoln	17 hr
Jul 26, 10:58 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 26, 12:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:16 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, Taos	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	49 min
Jul 26, 1:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	3 hr
Jul 26, 1:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	33 min
Jul 26, 2:07 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe	4 hr
Jul 26, 2:20 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 26, 2:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	15 min
Jul 26, 2:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	12 min
Jul 26, 3:01 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
Jul 26, 3:19 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	41 min
Jul 26, 3:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 26, 3:35 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Rio Arriba	25 min
Jul 26, 3:52 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jul 26, 4:05 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	25 min
Jul 26, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 min
Jul 26, 4:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	3 hr
Jul 26, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	29 min
Jul 26, 4:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves	25 min
Jul 26, 5:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	24 min
Jul 26, 5:31 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	3 hr
Jul 26, 5:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Jul 26, 5:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Quay	2 hr
Jul 26, 5:49 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 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.