Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2022

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 93, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 28, 2022Harding County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 2022, 2:45 PM MDT for Harding County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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: Jul 28, 2022, 2:45 PM MDT (20:45 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 2022, 3:30 PM MDT
In force: 45 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harding County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:44 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 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 295 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: 36 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3400 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

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 Jul 28, 11:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 28, 11:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 12:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 1:59 PM MDT, 46 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:17 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:23 PM MDT, 22 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
223 PM MDT Thu Jul 28 2022

NMZ230-231-282100-
Harding County-Union County-
223 PM MDT Thu Jul 28 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN HARDING
AND EAST CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 223 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles west of Sedan, or 20 miles southwest of Clayton, moving north
at 15 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Harding and east central Union Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3604 10318 3604 10346 3639 10357 3639 10308
TIME...MOT...LOC 2023Z 172DEG 12KT 3620 10335

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

15

Special weather statement, Jul 28, 2:31 PM MDT, 14 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
231 PM MDT Thu Jul 28 2022

NMZ229-282100-
Northeast Highlands-
231 PM MDT Thu Jul 28 2022

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL SAN
MIGUEL COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 231 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles southeast of Las Vegas, moving northeast at 10 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...
San Agustin.

This includes State Road 104 between Mile Markers 4 and 29.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm and may lead to
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3568 10477 3549 10473 3543 10512 3553 10522
      3577 10498 3577 10497
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 216DEG 11KT 3554 10508

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

15

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 27, 6:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Union	3 hr
Jul 27, 6:49 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 27, 8:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Quay	3 hr
Jul 28, 1:52 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Guadalupe, Harding and 14 more	70 hr
Jul 28, 11:23 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Santa Fe	2 hr
Jul 28, 11:52 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia	113 min
Jul 28, 12:12 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 28, 12:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	McKinley	30 min
Jul 28, 12:39 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 28, 1:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 28, 1:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Socorro	2 hr
Jul 28, 1:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	114 min
Jul 28, 1:53 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Santa Fe, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 28, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
Jul 28, 2:00 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron, Cibola, Socorro	3 hr
Jul 28, 2:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		28 min
Jul 28, 2:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	37 min
Jul 28, 2:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	29 min
Jul 28, 2:42 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	2 hr
Jul 28, 3:04 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Lincoln, Socorro, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:08 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Jul 28, 3:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	28 min
Jul 28, 3:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Mora	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:36 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Sandoval	3 hr
Jul 28, 3:59 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel, Torrance	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	28 min
Jul 28, 4:06 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro, Torrance, Valencia	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:11 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	34 min
Jul 28, 4:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding	46 min
Jul 28, 4:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Mora	33 min
Jul 28, 4:29 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 28, 4:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	36 min
Jul 28, 4:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	29 min
Jul 28, 5:11 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 28, 5:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Socorro	3 hr
Jul 28, 5:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 28, 5:45 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	San Miguel	3 hr
Jul 28, 5:51 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Mora, San Miguel, Taos	3 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2022 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2022

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.