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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 29, 2023Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 2023, 5:43 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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 29, 2023, 5:43 PM MDT (23:43 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2023, 6:30 PM MDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Colfax County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

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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 May 29, 5:35 PM MDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 5:35 PM MDT, 8 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 2:25 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:30 PM MDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 5:30 PM MDT, 13 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
May 28, 6:03 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	117 min
May 28, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	63 min
May 28, 6:14 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	31 min
May 28, 6:18 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	57 min
May 28, 6:29 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	31 min
May 28, 6:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	40 min
May 28, 6:40 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry	31 min
May 28, 6:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
May 28, 7:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	29 min
May 28, 7:05 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	115 min
May 28, 7:28 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	2 hr
May 29, 1:46 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Sandoval, Socorro, Valencia	14 hr
May 29, 2:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	35 min
May 29, 2:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
May 29, 4:44 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	25 min
May 29, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.