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Wind Advisory 22, NWS Albuquerque, NM

March 22, 2021Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at Mar 22, 2021, 6:14 AM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It took effect at Mar 22, 2021, 9:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 22, 2021, 6:14 AM MDT (12:14 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2021, 9:00 AM MDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2021, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
7 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-03-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2021-03-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 67 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2018 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
67 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.

035 
WWUS75 KABQ 221214 CCA
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE...CORRECTED
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
614 AM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

CORRECTED PRODUCT EXPIRATION TIME

NMZ240-221800-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.210322T1500Z-210322T2200Z/
Southwest Chaves County-
614 AM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 9 AM THIS MORNING TO 4 PM MDT
THIS AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph 
  expected.

* WHERE...Southwest Chaves County.

* WHEN...From 9 AM this morning to 4 PM MDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few
  power outages are possible.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

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2 follow-up statements
724 
WWUS75 KABQ 221754
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
1154 AM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

NMZ240-222200-
/O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-210322T2200Z/
Southwest Chaves County-
1154 AM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 4 PM MDT THIS
AFTERNOON...

* WHAT...West winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 50 mph.

* WHERE...Southwest Chaves County.

* WHEN...Until 4 PM MDT this afternoon.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds could blow around unsecured objects. A few
  power outages are possible. Brief wind advisory conditions may
  impact areas to the east, including Roswell, Dexter, and U.S.
  Highway 380. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Use extra caution when driving, especially if operating a high
profile vehicle. Secure outdoor objects.

&&

$$

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612 
WWUS75 KABQ 222133
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
333 PM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

NMZ240-222245-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0022.000000T0000Z-210322T2200Z/
Southwest Chaves County-
333 PM MDT Mon Mar 22 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 4 PM MDT THIS AFTERNOON...

Winds are subsiding across Southwest Chaves County and are below
wind advisory criteria. Therefore the wind advisory will be
allowed to expire at 400 PM MDT.

$$

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 22, 12:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves32 min
Mar 22, 3:17 PM MDTWinter Storm WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Los Alamos, McKinley and 10 more12 hr

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.