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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 4, 2021San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Sep 4, 2021, 2:41 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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
Sep 4, 2021, 2:41 PM MDT (20:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 2021, 3:15 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Hail
0.50 in
Wind
40

County San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:45 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, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 127 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-09-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 158 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2021-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 25 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-64 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1729 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Sep 4, 11:33 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 4, 11:33 AM MDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 4, 4:03 AM MDT, 10 hours 38 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
403 AM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021

NMZ201>241-051000-
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-
403 AM MDT Sat Sep 4 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Some thunderstorms will be capable of locally heavy rainfall along
and east of the central mountain chain today and tonight, and to a
lesser extent over the lower Rio Grande Valley and southwest
mountains. A few strong thunderstorms will also be possible east of
the central mountain chain this afternoon and evening with hail up to
the size of pennies, wind gusts near 50 mph, and frequent cloud-to-
ground lightning.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

The risk of locally heavy rainfall will return on Sunday mainly from
the south central mountains northeastward across the Caprock, where a
few strong storms will again be possible.

.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, Sep 4, 2:41 PM MDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 3, 6:36 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves24 min
Sep 3, 6:48 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion27 min
Sep 3, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion30 min
Sep 4, 11:06 AM MDTFlash Flood WatchABQBernalillo, Chaves, Curry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln and 7 more15 hr
Sep 4, 1:55 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe2 hr
Sep 4, 2:32 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Roosevelt3 hr
Sep 4, 2:50 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel3 hr
Sep 4, 4:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Roosevelt2 hr
Sep 4, 4:34 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Lincoln116 min
Sep 4, 5:18 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQCatron, Socorro117 min
Sep 4, 5:26 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQBernalillo2 hr
Sep 4, 5:38 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves112 min
Sep 4, 5:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves3 hr
Sep 4, 5:53 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSanta Fe112 min
Sep 4, 5:56 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ34 min

Nearby

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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.