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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 210, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 2, 20234 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 2023, 4:38 PM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 52 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 2, 2023, 4:38 PM MDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 2023, 5:30 PM MDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 16 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:41 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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 2, 10:26 AM MDTTornado WatchSPC9 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 199 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-06-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 915 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2023-06-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 116 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
915 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-88 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
699 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
116 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 2, 2:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 2, 2:51 PM MDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:39 PM MDT, 3 hours 59 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 2, 12:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Local storm report, Jun 2, 12:47 PM MDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 6:09 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQHarding, San Miguel3 hr
Jun 1, 6:16 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe3 hr
Jun 1, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding48 min
Jun 1, 6:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay48 min
Jun 1, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Quay35 min
Jun 1, 7:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding47 min
Jun 1, 7:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe41 min
Jun 1, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding38 min
Jun 1, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay47 min
Jun 1, 7:46 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt3 hr
Jun 1, 8:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding60 min
Jun 1, 8:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding33 min
Jun 2, 1:36 AM MDTFlood WatchABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt18 hr
Jun 2, 10:03 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt42 min
Jun 2, 10:42 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Curry, Roosevelt48 min
Jun 2, 11:42 AM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMora, San Miguel3 hr
Jun 2, 12:19 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel26 min
Jun 2, 12:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel30 min
Jun 2, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Quay, San Miguel46 min
Jun 2, 5:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt49 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.