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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 22, 2021Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 22, 2021, 1:25 PM MDT for Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 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 22, 2021, 1:25 PM MDT (19:25 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 2021, 2:00 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Hail: 0.50 in
Wind: 50

County Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 53 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-p

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: 332 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1539 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

281 
WWUS85 KABQ 221925
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
125 PM MDT Sun Aug 22 2021
 
NMZ207-219-222000-
West Central Highlands-Middle Rio Grande Valley/Albuquerque Metro
Area-
125 PM MDT Sun Aug 22 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL CIBOLA
AND NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA COUNTIES THROUGH 200 PM MDT...

At 125 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles east of Mesita, or 12 miles east of Laguna Pueblo, moving
northeast at 5 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Mesita.

This includes Interstate 40 between Mile Markers 118 and 132.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on highways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3515 10716 3487 10702 3483 10722 3500 10733
TIME...MOT...LOC 1925Z 238DEG 6KT 3497 10717 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

Guyer

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 1:58 AM MDT	Flash Flood Watch	ABQ	Catron, Lincoln, Socorro	22 hr
Aug 22, 1:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	13 min
Aug 22, 1:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	14 min
Aug 22, 1:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	32 min
Aug 22, 1:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Aug 22, 1:58 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Valencia	2 hr
Aug 22, 2:13 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval	2 hr
Aug 22, 2:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Roosevelt	3 hr
Aug 22, 3:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		35 min
Aug 22, 3:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		31 min
Aug 22, 4:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	31 min
Aug 22, 4:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	115 min
Aug 22, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	28 min
Aug 22, 5:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	30 min
Aug 22, 5:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
Aug 22, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	31 min
Aug 22, 5:44 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
Aug 22, 5:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	24 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.