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, 6:03 PM MDT for Catron County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 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, 6:03 PM MDT (00:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2021, 6:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
County Catron County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 17 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2205 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 5 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -31 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
401 WWUS85 KABQ 030003 SPSABQ Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 603 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021 NMZ208-030030- Southwest Mountains- 603 PM MDT Mon Aug 2 2021 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN CATRON COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM MDT... At 602 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14 miles northwest of Beaverhead, or 28 miles north of Gila Hot Springs, moving southeast at 15 mph. Half inch hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with this storm. This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Catron County. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches. && LAT...LON 3360 10838 3372 10821 3354 10797 3337 10822 TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 320DEG 12KT 3361 10825 $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 6:07 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 23 min |
| Aug 2, 6:09 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 36 min |
| Aug 2, 6:20 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:34 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Cibola | 26 min |
| Aug 2, 6:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 6:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 29 min |
| Aug 2, 6:59 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 2, 7:28 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 12:33 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 87 min |
| Aug 3, 1:01 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | San Miguel | 119 min |
| Aug 3, 1:11 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Santa Fe | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 1:36 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Mora | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 2:05 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Mora | 115 min |
| Aug 3, 2:38 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:47 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 3 hr |
| Aug 3, 2:54 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | San Miguel | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 3:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe | 116 min |
| Aug 3, 3:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 3:46 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Valencia | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 3:54 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 111 min |
| Aug 3, 4:18 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 5:12 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln | 2 hr |
| Aug 3, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Torrance | 17 min |
Nearby
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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.