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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 27, 2021

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT. It was in force for 24 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 27, 2021, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2021, 2:45 PM MDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:20 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, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 40 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -291 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1655 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 92 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 60 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

718 
WWUS85 KABQ 272021
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
221 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021
 
NMZ239-272045-
Eastern Lincoln County-
221 PM MDT Fri Aug 27 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN
COUNTY THROUGH 245 PM MDT...

At 221 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 17
miles west of Ramon, or 21 miles east of Corona. This storm was
nearly stationary.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around 
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Lincoln County.

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.

&&

LAT...LON 3420 10534 3432 10518 3422 10495 3403 10524
TIME...MOT...LOC 2021Z 315DEG 3KT 3422 10521 

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

$$

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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 26, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		36 min
Aug 26, 6:15 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe	2 hr
Aug 26, 6:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	30 min
Aug 26, 6:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	34 min
Aug 26, 7:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Sandoval, Santa Fe	110 min
Aug 26, 7:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	25 min
Aug 26, 7:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval, Santa Fe	112 min
Aug 26, 7:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	23 min
Aug 26, 7:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola	78 min
Aug 26, 8:14 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Valencia	68 min
Aug 26, 8:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	41 min
Aug 26, 8:55 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Aug 26, 9:48 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	117 min
Aug 27, 1:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 27, 1:22 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 27, 1:34 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Aug 27, 1:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Los Alamos, Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 27, 2:17 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Aug 27, 2:33 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 27, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	33 min
Aug 27, 3:10 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola	3 hr
Aug 27, 3:21 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	24 min
Aug 27, 3:22 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	38 min
Aug 27, 3:25 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	3 hr
Aug 27, 3:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 27, 3:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola	3 hr
Aug 27, 3:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	28 min
Aug 27, 3:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 27, 4:21 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Aug 27, 4:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	26 min
Aug 27, 4:37 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Aug 27, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Valencia	32 min
Aug 27, 4:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Torrance	3 hr
Aug 27, 4:54 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Cibola, Valencia	20 min
Aug 27, 4:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	31 min
Aug 27, 5:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 27, 5:14 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Cibola, Valencia	3 hr
Aug 27, 5:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	25 min
Aug 27, 5:45 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 27, 5:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Sandoval	3 hr
Aug 27, 5:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Aug 27, 5:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Torrance	34 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.