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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 25, 2023Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 25, 2023, 2:18 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 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: Apr 25, 2023, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2023, 2:59 PM MDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 586 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 299 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Apr 25, 2:11 PM MDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 2:11 PM MDT, 7 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:37 PM MDT, 41 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
137 PM MDT Tue Apr 25 2023

NMZ230-252000-
Union County-
137 PM MDT Tue Apr 25 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL UNION
COUNTY THROUGH 200 PM MDT...

At 136 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles east of Branson, or 17 miles northeast of Des Moines, moving
east at 15 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central Union
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3681 10342 3684 10376 3700 10378 3700 10343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1936Z 266DEG 13KT 3698 10366

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

CA

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 1:42 PM MDT, 36 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
142 PM MDT Tue Apr 25 2023

NMZ230-231-252015-
Harding County-Union County-
142 PM MDT Tue Apr 25 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
HARDING AND WEST CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 215 PM MDT...

At 141 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles southeast of Gladstone, or 33 miles north of Mosquero, moving
northeast 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...
Yates.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

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

&&

LAT...LON 3607 10388 3621 10403 3622 10402 3622 10401
      3624 10401 3649 10384 3623 10352
TIME...MOT...LOC 1941Z 227DEG 17KT 3626 10386

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

CA

Special weather statement, Apr 25, 2:12 PM MDT, 6 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
Apr 25, 3:22 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval, Socorro and 1 more	15 hr
Apr 25, 8:45 AM MDT	River Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	10 days
Apr 25, 9:03 AM MDT	River Flood Advisory	ABQ	Rio Arriba	8 days
Apr 25, 1:12 PM MDT	Winter Weather Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Union	26 hr
Apr 25, 1:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	23 min
Apr 25, 1:42 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	33 min
Apr 25, 1:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	66 min
Apr 25, 2:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	33 min
Apr 25, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	64 min
Apr 25, 2:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	38 min
Apr 25, 3:20 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Santa Fe	40 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.