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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM
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 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, 11.6 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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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</html>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. 39
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 11, 5:38 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 1:34 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 2:25 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Socorro | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:31 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Socorro | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:43 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Los Alamos, Sandoval | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 3:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:14 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Lincoln, Torrance | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:39 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 4:56 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Catron, Cibola | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:26 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance | 3 hr |
| Aug 11, 5:41 PM MDT | Areal Flood Advisory | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel | 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.