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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 29, 2022Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 29, 2022, 4:21 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 29, 2022, 4:21 PM MDT (22:21 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2022, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:24 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 314 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 2022-08-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 982 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 2022-08-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
982 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-173 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1176 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
120 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 29, 3:30 PM MDT, 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 29, 3:30 PM MDT, 51 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:07 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
207 PM MDT Mon Aug 29 2022

NMZ223-292030-
Central Highlands-
207 PM MDT Mon Aug 29 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
TORRANCE COUNTY THROUGH 230 PM MDT...

At 206 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 10
miles northwest of Encino, or 23 miles northwest of Vaughn, moving
south 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.

Locations impacted include...
Encino.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 285 between Mile Markers 223 and 238.
 Highway 60 between Mile Markers 240 and 256.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.

&&

LAT...LON 3462 10574 3466 10573 3468 10570 3471 10570
      3472 10569 3474 10570 3486 10565 3485 10543
      3459 10541
TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 006DEG 10KT 3479 10556

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

40
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 2:39 PM MDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
239 PM MDT Mon Aug 29 2022

NMZ223-292115-
Central Highlands-
239 PM MDT Mon Aug 29 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTHEASTERN
TORRANCE COUNTY THROUGH 315 PM MDT...

At 238 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Encino, or 17 miles west of Vaughn, moving south at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Encino and Duran.

This includes the following highways...
 Highway 285 between Mile Markers 223 and 227.
 Highway 60 between Mile Markers 244 and 259.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.

&&

LAT...LON 3472 10561 3472 10539 3442 10533 3443 10568
TIME...MOT...LOC 2038Z 002DEG 22KT 3466 10551

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

40
Special weather statement, Aug 29, 4:02 PM MDT, 19 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
402 PM MDT Mon Aug 29 2022

NMZ223-233-239-292230-
Eastern Lincoln County-Central Highlands-Guadalupe County-
402 PM MDT Mon Aug 29 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN
LINCOLN, SOUTHWESTERN GUADALUPE AND SOUTHEASTERN TORRANCE COUNTIES
THROUGH 430 PM MDT...

At 402 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles east of Corona, moving south at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch 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 northeastern
Lincoln, southwestern Guadalupe and southeastern Torrance Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.

&&

LAT...LON 3417 10549 3418 10547 3419 10546 3422 10546
      3423 10548 3424 10547 3427 10546 3429 10547
      3439 10546 3442 10525 3414 10513 3409 10550
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 352DEG 18KT 3433 10535

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

40

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 6:30 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSocorro3 hr
Aug 29, 1:43 AM MDTFlood WatchABQChaves, Lincoln24 hr
Aug 29, 11:43 AM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, Quay3 hr
Aug 29, 12:54 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQMora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos3 hr
Aug 29, 2:07 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance23 min
Aug 29, 2:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance36 min
Aug 29, 2:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln52 min
Aug 29, 3:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance3 hr
Aug 29, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt42 min
Aug 29, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Roosevelt35 min
Aug 29, 4:02 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ28 min
Aug 29, 4:25 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves, Roosevelt3 hr
Aug 29, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt37 min
Aug 29, 5:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln3 hr
Aug 29, 5:59 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca31 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.