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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 15, 2021Bernalillo County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 15, 2021, 7:57 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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 15, 2021, 7:57 PM MDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired: Aug 15, 2021, 8:45 PM MDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 55

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 461 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.

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Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 197 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2366 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 20 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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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 15, 5:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 15, 5:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 15, 3:56 AM MDT, 16 hours 1 minute before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
356 AM MDT Sun Aug 15 2021

NMZ201>241-161030-
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-
356 AM MDT Sun Aug 15 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Locally heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding will continue to
be a threat this afternoon and evening, mainly in and near the
northern mountains southward to the middle Rio Grande Valley. A few
strong storms are possible over and near the northern mountains.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

The threat of locally heavy rainfall and localized flash flooding
continues for much of the forecast area Monday afternoon and evening.
Isolated strong to perhaps briefly severe storms are possible.

An active monsoon pattern continues Tuesday through Thursday with the
threat for locally heavy rainfall and flash flooding mainly for
western and central NM.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotters are encouraged to report rainfall amounts and any flooding
through the National Weather Service Albuquerque web site at
weather.gov/abq or by calling 1.888.386.7637.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:28 PM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 5:43 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 15, 6:35 PM MDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 6:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Aug 15, 7:57 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 15, 6:32 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo, Los Alamos, Sandoval	28 min
Aug 15, 6:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe	34 min
Aug 15, 7:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe, Torrance, Valencia	38 min
Aug 15, 7:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval, Santa Fe	3 hr
Aug 15, 7:44 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 15, 7:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Aug 15, 8:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
Aug 15, 9:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Aug 16, 10:26 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley and 4 more	17 min
Aug 16, 10:43 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Chaves, Cibola, Lincoln, McKinley and 4 more	11 hr
Aug 16, 12:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	26 min
Aug 16, 1:16 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, McKinley	3 hr
Aug 16, 1:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 16, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	33 min
Aug 16, 1:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 16, 2:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 16, 2:12 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Torrance	3 hr
Aug 16, 2:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	25 min
Aug 16, 2:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	3 hr
Aug 16, 3:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	McKinley	3 hr
Aug 16, 3:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Aug 16, 3:38 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Torrance	3 hr
Aug 16, 3:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
Aug 16, 4:40 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	3 hr
Aug 16, 4:50 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	3 hr
Aug 16, 5:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo	3 hr
Aug 16, 5:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	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.