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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 2022, 6:10 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 37 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
- May 16, 2022, 6:10 PM MDT (00:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 16, 2022, 6:47 PM MDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Torrance County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 144 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 4:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 334 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
- 1624 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -140 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 15 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 290 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.4
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.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 16, 6:03 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
603 PM MDT Mon May 16 2022
NMZ231-232-234-170030-
Eastern San Miguel County-Harding County-Quay County-
603 PM MDT Mon May 16 2022
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL SAN
MIGUEL, SOUTH CENTRAL HARDING AND CENTRAL QUAY COUNTIES THROUGH 630
PM MDT...
At 602 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 14
miles northwest of Tucumcari, moving northeast at 30 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...
Logan and Ute Lake State Park.
This includes State Road 104 between Mile Markers 93 and 99.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If threatening weather approaches your area, take shelter in a sturdy
building.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
northeastern and east central New Mexico.
&&
LAT...LON 3522 10386 3538 10398 3558 10364 3534 10345
TIME...MOT...LOC 0002Z 236DEG 26KT 3535 10385
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
40The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 6:03 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Quay | 27 min |
| May 16, 6:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 44 min |
| May 16, 6:40 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Harding | 50 min |
| May 16, 6:48 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 27 min |
| May 16, 6:55 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Guadalupe | 35 min |
| May 16, 8:10 PM MDT | Special Weather Statement | ABQ | Union | 35 min |
| May 17, 3:34 AM MDT | Fire Weather Watch | ABQ | Cibola, Harding, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan and 2 more | 26 hr |
| May 17, 3:34 AM MDT | Red Flag Warning | ABQ | Harding, San Miguel, Union | 15 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.