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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 5, 2021Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Sep 5, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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 5, 2021, 7:28 PM MDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Sep 5, 2021, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 40

County Harding County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 194 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: 458 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1802 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 5, 5:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 5, 5:21 PM MDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 5, 3:06 AM MDT, 16 hours 22 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
306 AM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

NMZ201>241-061000-
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-
306 AM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Patchy fog across portions of eastern NM this morning may reduce
visibilities below one-half mile at times and result in localized
hazardous travel.

Isolated to scattered showers and storms over the Sangre de Cristo
Mountains and areas south of the I-40 corridor will produce locally
heavy rainfall with localized areas of flash flooding possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Isolated showers and thunderstorms are possible over the central and
southern high terrain Monday. A couple storms may produce brief heavy
rainfall and strong outflow winds.

Near-record high temperatures will develop over the region Tuesday
through Saturday as an unseasonably strong area of high pressure
builds into New Mexico.

.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.

Guyer

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 4:34 PM MDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
434 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

NMZ220-052300-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-
434 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY THROUGH 500 PM MDT...

At 434 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles southeast of Bosque Del Apache Refuge, or 29 miles south of
Socorro, moving southwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny 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 south central
Socorro County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3367 10703 3376 10670 3360 10660 3347 10675
      3347 10687
TIME...MOT...LOC 2234Z 062DEG 14KT 3365 10674

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

40

Local storm report, Sep 5, 5:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
558 PM MDT SUN SEP 05 2021

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 SW MORIARTY           35.00N 106.05W
09/04/2021                   TORRANCE           NM   SOCIAL MEDIA

            THUNDERSTORM WIND DAMAGE RESULTED IN DOWNED TREES AND
            POWER OUTAGES. A RESIDENTS ABOVE GROUND CISTERN WAS ALSO
            MOVED BY THE STRONG WINDS.

&&

EVENT NUMBER ABQ202102501

AGC

Local storm report, Sep 5, 6:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:15 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
615 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

NMZ230-231-234-060045-
Harding County-Union County-Quay County-
615 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
HARDING, NORTH CENTRAL QUAY AND SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 645
PM MDT...

At 615 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 19
miles north of Ute Lake State Park, or 21 miles west of Nara Visa,
moving southwest at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and penny 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 southeastern
Harding, north central Quay and southern Union Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3541 10337 3565 10378 3581 10343 3579 10337
      3577 10332 3574 10327 3570 10318
TIME...MOT...LOC 0015Z 044DEG 11KT 3566 10347

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

15

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 6:29 PM MDT, 59 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
629 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

NMZ228-229-231-232-060100-
Eastern San Miguel County-Far Northeast Highlands-Harding
County-Northeast Highlands-
629 PM MDT Sun Sep 5 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SAN
MIGUEL, WEST CENTRAL HARDING AND SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTIES THROUGH
700 PM MDT...

At 628 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles southwest of Roy, or 21 miles west of Mosquero, moving
southwest at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 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 north central San
Miguel, west central Harding and southeastern Mora Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3594 10432 3581 10416 3561 10437 3584 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 0028Z 052DEG 13KT 3583 10433

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

15

Special weather statement, Sep 5, 7:28 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
Sep 5, 6:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	30 min
Sep 5, 6:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	51 min
Sep 5, 6:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	31 min
Sep 5, 7:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	10 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.