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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 17, 2023Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 2023, 6:05 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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 17, 2023, 6:05 PM MDT (00:05 UTC)
Expired
May 17, 2023, 6:30 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.25 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 28 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 17, 6:03 PM MDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 17, 6:03 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 17, 3:02 PM MDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 3:18 PM MDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 3:51 PM MDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 5:03 PM MDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 17, 5:52 PM MDT, 13 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 3:58 AM MDTFlood WatchABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos14 hr
May 18, 12:22 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLos Alamos, Sandoval3 hr
May 18, 12:39 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSandoval3 hr
May 18, 1:44 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora46 min
May 18, 1:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe45 min
May 18, 1:55 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves35 min
May 18, 2:06 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQSan Miguel114 min
May 18, 2:52 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe113 min
May 18, 3:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding27 min
May 18, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe25 min
May 18, 3:40 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQColfax, Union2 hr
May 18, 3:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion30 min
May 18, 5:35 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ40 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2023Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

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.