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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 3, 2022Chaves County, De Baca County, Guadalupe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2022, 6:12 PM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 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: Jun 3, 2022, 6:12 PM MDT (00:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 3, 2022, 7:15 PM MDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 99 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
Jun 3, 2:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 286 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1100 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -145 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1465 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 186 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 4.6

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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 Jun 3, 5:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 5:08 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:20 PM MDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
320 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0259 PM     HAIL             12 ENE DUNKEN           32.87N 105.01W
06/03/2022  E0.75 INCH       CHAVES             NM   NWS EMPLOYEE

            LARGEST STONES MEASURED UP TO PENNY SIZE
            ALONG U.S. 82.

&&

Local storm report, Jun 3, 3:22 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
322 PM MDT FRI JUN 3 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0255 PM     HAIL             10 ENE DUNKEN           32.88N 105.05W
06/03/2022  E1.00 INCH       CHAVES             NM   STORM CHASER

            QUARTER SIZE HAIL ALONG U.S. 82.

&&

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
348 PM MDT Fri Jun 3 2022

NMZ215-228-032215-
Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
348 PM MDT Fri Jun 3 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN MORA
AND SOUTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTIES THROUGH 415 PM MDT...

At 347 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles northwest of Wagon Mound, moving east 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...
Wagon Mound.

This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 383 and 405.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
northeastern New Mexico.

&&

LAT...LON 3597 10493 3615 10496 3629 10457 3593 10449
TIME...MOT...LOC 2147Z 260DEG 8KT 3608 10484

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

CA

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 3:54 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
354 PM MDT Fri Jun 3 2022

NMZ220-032230-
Lower Rio Grande Valley-
354 PM MDT Fri Jun 3 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL
SOCORRO COUNTY THROUGH 430 PM MDT...

At 354 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bosque Del Apache Refuge, or 19 miles south of Socorro, moving east
at 25 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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...
Bosque Del Apache Refuge.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 132 and 136.
 Highway 380 between Mile Markers 7 and 19.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3369 10695 3388 10693 3392 10655 3364 10653
TIME...MOT...LOC 2154Z 268DEG 21KT 3379 10681

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

15

Special weather statement, Jun 3, 4:55 PM MDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
455 PM MDT Fri Jun 3 2022

NMZ228-231-032330-
Far Northeast Highlands-Harding County-
455 PM MDT Fri Jun 3 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHWESTERN HARDING
AND NORTHEASTERN MORA COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM MDT...

At 455 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Wagon Mound, moving east at 20 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...
Wagon Mound.

This includes Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 384 and 402.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM MDT for
northeastern New Mexico.

&&

LAT...LON 3623 10430 3583 10441 3599 10484 3602 10483
      3603 10487 3621 10482
TIME...MOT...LOC 2255Z 271DEG 18KT 3608 10463

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

CA

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:56 PM MDT, 16 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 3, 6:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	29 min
Jun 3, 6:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	27 min
Jun 3, 6:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Jun 3, 6:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	29 min
Jun 3, 6:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		30 min
Jun 3, 6:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jun 3, 6:53 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	37 min
Jun 3, 7:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jun 3, 7:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	61 min
Jun 3, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	31 min
Jun 3, 7:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Jun 3, 7:35 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	3 hr
Jun 3, 8:16 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	59 min

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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.