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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 29, 2021

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 30 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 29, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2021, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 195 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:02 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, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 2021-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 20 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 2021-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
20 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-189 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1906 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

422 
WWUS85 KABQ 292000
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
200 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021
 
NMZ205-292030-
West Central Plateau-
200 PM MDT Thu Jul 29 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN MCKINLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 230 PM MDT...

At 200 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 8 miles west of Vanderwagen to 8 miles
southwest of Zuni Pueblo. Movement was northwest at 15 mph.

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

Heavy rain and frequent and dangerous cloud to ground lightning will
also be likely with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Zuni Pueblo and Chi Chil Tah. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
 
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3534 10905 3535 10904 3526 10878 3496 10886
      3496 10905
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 112DEG 15KT 3523 10890 3501 10898 

$$

Guyer

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval24 min
Jul 28, 6:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSandoval118 min
Jul 28, 7:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola112 min
Jul 29, 12:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMcKinley28 min
Jul 29, 12:49 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSandoval26 min
Jul 29, 1:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMcKinley2 hr
Jul 29, 1:20 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval115 min
Jul 29, 1:49 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola, McKinley116 min
Jul 29, 1:58 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval2 hr
Jul 29, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba, Sandoval119 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.