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Wind Advisory 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at Apr 7, 2021, 1:50 AM MDT for San Miguel County, Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It took effect at Apr 7, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 6 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2021, 1:50 AM MDT (07:50 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 7, 2021, 1:00 PM MDT
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2021, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 6 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
Counties San Miguel County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:54 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
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 4937 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 71 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
417 WWUS75 KABQ 070750 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 150 AM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021 NMZ223-071800- /O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.210407T1900Z-210408T0100Z/ Central Highlands- 150 AM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 or 50 mph expected. * WHERE...Central Highlands. * WHEN...From 1 PM this afternoon to 7 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs may be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ CHJ
2 follow-up statements
753 WWUS75 KABQ 071747 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 1147 AM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021 NMZ223-080100- /O.CON.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.210407T1900Z-210408T0100Z/ Central Highlands- 1147 AM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... * WHAT...Northwest winds 25 to 35 mph with gusts up to 45 mph expected. * WHERE...Central Highlands. * WHEN...Until 7 PM MDT this evening. * IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree limbs may be blown down. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high profile vehicles. Use extra caution. && $$ 31
191 WWUS75 KABQ 080050 NPWABQ URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE National Weather Service Albuquerque NM 650 PM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021 NMZ223-080200- /O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0025.000000T0000Z-210408T0100Z/ Central Highlands- 650 PM MDT Wed Apr 7 2021 ...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 7 PM MDT THIS EVENING... Winds will weaken with sunset, therefore the Wind Advisory will be allowed to expire. Until then, occasional northwesterly wind gusts to 45 mph will continue. $$ 44
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 6, 8:45 PM MDT | High Wind Warning | ABQ | Colfax, Union | 3 hr |
| Apr 7, 4:10 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan, Socorro | 10 hr |
| Apr 7, 2:12 PM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 30 hr |
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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.