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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2021, 5:23 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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 6, 2021, 5:23 PM MDT (23:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2021, 6:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Hail
- 0.50 in
- Wind
- 40
County Union County, NM
The radar
The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:26 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 262 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -261 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2377 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
192
WWUS85 KABQ 062323
SPSABQ
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
523 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
NMZ227-230-070000-
Union County-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
523 PM MDT Fri Aug 6 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN UNION
COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM MDT...
At 523 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Folsom, or 9 miles north of Des Moines, moving southeast at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Des Moines and Folsom.
This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 384 and 390.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.
&&
LAT...LON 3695 10350 3663 10365 3683 10402 3700 10398
3700 10394
TIME...MOT...LOC 2323Z 297DEG 22KT 3688 10389
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 3:39 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 36 min |
| Aug 6, 4:23 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe | 3 hr |
| Aug 6, 5:43 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Socorro | 32 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.