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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 2, 2021Catron County, New Mexico

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 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2021-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 17 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 00:00Z on 2021-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -38 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
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

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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 

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola23 min
Aug 2, 6:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola36 min
Aug 2, 6:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCibola3 hr
Aug 2, 6:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCibola26 min
Aug 2, 6:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval3 hr
Aug 2, 6:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia29 min
Aug 2, 6:59 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola3 hr
Aug 2, 7:28 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola3 hr
Aug 3, 12:33 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval87 min
Aug 3, 1:01 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel119 min
Aug 3, 1:11 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSanta Fe34 min
Aug 3, 1:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora24 min
Aug 3, 2:05 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQMora115 min
Aug 3, 2:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel3 hr
Aug 3, 2:47 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Aug 3, 2:54 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel36 min
Aug 3, 3:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe116 min
Aug 3, 3:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax2 hr
Aug 3, 3:46 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQValencia29 min
Aug 3, 3:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union111 min
Aug 3, 4:18 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe27 min
Aug 3, 5:12 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln2 hr
Aug 3, 5:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance17 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.