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Wind Advisory 51, NWS Albuquerque, NM

December 5, 20216 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at Dec 5, 2021, 9:47 PM MST for 6 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Dec 5, 2021, 9:47 PM MST (04:47 UTC)
Expired
Dec 6, 2021, 2:00 AM MST
In force
4 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Curry County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 70 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:45 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 186 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-12-06Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2021-12-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 23 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3650 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
23 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
40 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

306 
WWUS75 KABQ 060447
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
947 PM MST Sun Dec 5 2021

NMZ230>232-234>236-060900-
/O.NEW.KABQ.WI.Y.0051.211206T0447Z-211206T0900Z/
Union County-Harding County-Eastern San Miguel County-Quay County-
Curry County-Roosevelt County-
947 PM MST Sun Dec 5 2021

...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM MST MONDAY...

* WHAT...North and northeast winds 25 to 40 mph with gusts up to 55 
  mph.

* WHERE...Curry County, Quay County, Roosevelt County, Eastern San 
  Miguel County, Harding County and Union County.

* WHEN...Until 2 AM MST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Gusty winds will blow around unsecured objects. Tree 
  limbs may be blown down. Expect strong cross winds on area 
  roadways.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Hazardous cross winds will impact I-40 in 
  Quay County, and other east-to-west oriented highways.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Winds this strong can make driving difficult, especially for high 
profile vehicles. Use extra caution.

&&

$$

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1 follow-up statement
553 
WWUS75 KABQ 060849
NPWABQ

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
149 AM MST Mon Dec 6 2021

NMZ230>232-234>236-061000-
/O.EXP.KABQ.WI.Y.0051.000000T0000Z-211206T0900Z/
Union County-Harding County-Eastern San Miguel County-Quay County-
Curry County-Roosevelt County-
149 AM MST Mon Dec 6 2021

...WIND ADVISORY WILL EXPIRE AT 2 AM MST EARLY THIS MORNING...

Winds will continue to decrease through sunrise, therefore the Wind 
Advisory will be allowed to expire.

$$

Guyer

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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.