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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 11, 2021Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 11, 2021, 5:38 PM MDT for Harding 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 11, 2021, 5:38 PM MDT (23:38 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 2021, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
50

County Harding County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 205 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 529 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 64 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
529 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-225 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1833 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
64 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
115 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 11, 3:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:10 PM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 11, 2:40 AM MDT, 14 hours 58 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
240 AM MDT Wed Aug 11 2021

NMZ201>241-120845-
Northwest Plateau-Chuska Mountains-Far Northwest Highlands-
Northwest Highlands-West Central Plateau-West Central Mountains-
West Central Highlands-Southwest Mountains-
San Francisco River Valley-Tusas Mountains Including Chama-
Jemez Mountains-Glorieta Mesa Including Glorieta Pass-
Northern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
Southern Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-Upper Rio Grande Valley-
Espanola Valley-Santa Fe Metro Area-
Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro Area-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-Sandia/Manzano Mountains Including Edgewood-
Estancia Valley-Central Highlands-South Central Highlands-
Upper Tularosa Valley-South Central Mountains-
Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-Union County-
Harding County-Eastern San Miguel County-Guadalupe County-
Quay County-Curry County-Roosevelt County-De Baca County-
Chaves County Plains-Eastern Lincoln County-Southwest Chaves County-
San Agustin Plains and Adjacent Lowlands-
240 AM MDT Wed Aug 11 2021

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of north and central
New Mexico.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Heavy rainfall will be expected mainly over the Gila Forest and along
the Continental Divide this afternoon and evening, where localized
areas of flash flooding may occur as a result. Isolated thunderstorm
activity can be expected over the higher terrain of the central and
northern mountain chains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Thursday through Tuesday

Scattered to numerous thunderstorms are expected Thursday through
Saturday. Thunderstorm activity may be more widespread stretching
across much of New Mexico. Storm motions will be slow and rainfall
could become heavy. This may lead to localized areas of flash
flooding, especially over and near recent and older burn scars.
Thunderstorm activity will likely continue into next week.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

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In the hours before

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 1:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Aug 11, 2:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro3 hr
Aug 11, 3:31 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Aug 11, 3:43 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval3 hr
Aug 11, 3:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCibola3 hr
Aug 11, 4:14 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln, Torrance3 hr
Aug 11, 4:39 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCurry, Quay3 hr
Aug 11, 4:56 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Cibola3 hr
Aug 11, 5:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance3 hr
Aug 11, 5:41 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel3 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.