Alert archive / New Mexico / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT for McKinley County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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
- Aug 2, 2021, 4:39 PM MDT (22:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 5:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County McKinley County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1226 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
999
WWUS85 KABQ 022239
SPSABQ
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
439 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021
NMZ206-207-022315-
West Central Highlands-West Central Mountains-
439 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EAST CENTRAL MCKINLEY COUNTY
UNTIL 515 PM MDT...
At 439 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 11
miles northeast of Prewitt, or 18 miles southeast of Crownpoint,
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 east central
McKinley County.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.
&&
LAT...LON 3561 10791 3551 10770 3550 10771 3550 10769
3548 10769 3548 10766 3547 10764 3527 10784
3547 10805
TIME...MOT...LOC 2239Z 309DEG 10KT 3550 10791
$$
44The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:00 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 2 hr |
| Aug 1, 7:53 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 112 min |
| Aug 2, 1:30 AM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley, Mora and 7 more | 66 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 1:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 27 min | |
| Aug 2, 1:47 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 28 min |
| Aug 2, 1:59 PM MDT | Flash Flood Watch | ABQ | Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding, Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 2 more | 54 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:13 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:24 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 36 min | |
| Aug 2, 2:29 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 2:52 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 23 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:04 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:17 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:19 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | McKinley | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 3:23 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 37 min | |
| Aug 2, 3:37 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:45 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 3:50 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Rio Arriba | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:06 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 4:08 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 4:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Catron | 33 min |
| Aug 2, 4:22 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Catron | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 4:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 4:42 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 33 min | |
| Aug 2, 4:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 36 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:16 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | McKinley | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | 26 min | |
| Aug 2, 5:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 24 min |
| Aug 2, 5:48 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 3 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.