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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 313, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 23, 20234 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2023, 1:08 AM MDT for 4 counties in New Mexico. It was in force for 67 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 23, 2023, 1:08 AM MDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2023, 2:15 AM MDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.25 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Colfax County, NM, Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:10 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 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 272 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: 1782 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -67 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1014 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 174 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 286 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 2.3
Supercell composite: 12.7

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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 22, 11:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 22, 11:24 PM MDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 22, 7:10 PM MDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
710 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0654 PM     Hail             3 SSE Roy               35.90N 104.17W
06/22/2023  E1.25 inch       Harding            NM   Trained Spotter

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:08 PM MDT, 5 hours before

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Special weather statement, Jun 22, 8:31 PM MDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
831 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

NMZ230-231-230300-
Harding County-Union County-
831 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN HARDING
AND CENTRAL UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 900 PM MDT...

At 830 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 9
miles northeast of Solano, or 13 miles north of Mosquero, moving east
at 20 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...
Bueyeros.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor your preferred
media outlets and NOAA Weather Radio for additional information and
possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3587 10416 3603 10417 3617 10364 3597 10357
      3597 10366 3586 10384
TIME...MOT...LOC 0230Z 261DEG 17KT 3596 10398

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

Shoemake

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:32 PM MDT, 4 hours 36 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
832 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0805 PM     Hail             7 ENE Mosquero          35.80N 103.83W
06/22/2023  E2.50 inch       Harding            NM   Public

&&

SAB

Local storm report, Jun 22, 8:58 PM MDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
858 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0835 PM     Hail             2 E Ute Lake State Park 35.38N 103.45W
06/22/2023  E1.25 inch       Quay               NM   Trained Spotter

            Kent Terry reported lots of lightning and
            gusty winds. Hail lasted from approximately
            8:23 to 8:43 PM MDT.

&&

MAA

Special weather statement, Jun 22, 9:38 PM MDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
938 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

NMZ230-231-230415-
Harding County-Union County-
938 PM MDT Thu Jun 22 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL HARDING
AND SOUTHERN UNION COUNTIES THROUGH 1015 PM MDT...

At 938 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Bueyeros, or 20 miles northeast of Mosquero, moving east 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.

Locations impacted include...
Bueyeros and Rosebud.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3583 10378 3599 10374 3601 10333 3574 10335
TIME...MOT...LOC 0338Z 274DEG 15KT 3590 10362

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

Shoemake

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 6:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Union	65 min
Jun 22, 6:18 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	117 min
Jun 22, 6:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Jun 22, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora	30 min
Jun 22, 6:33 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	27 min
Jun 22, 6:42 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	18 min
Jun 22, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel, Union	62 min
Jun 22, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	45 min
Jun 22, 7:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	63 min
Jun 22, 8:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	29 min
Jun 22, 8:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	36 min
Jun 22, 9:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	33 min
Jun 22, 9:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	40 min
Jun 22, 9:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	40 min
Jun 22, 9:38 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	37 min
Jun 22, 9:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding, Mora	25 min
Jun 22, 10:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	47 min
Jun 22, 10:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	26 min
Jun 23, 12:28 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	62 min
Jun 23, 12:50 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	55 min
Jun 23, 1:47 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	43 min
Jun 23, 2:13 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	62 min
Jun 23, 2:27 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Colfax, Union	63 min
Jun 23, 3:29 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Union	61 min
Jun 23, 3:54 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	21 min
Jun 23, 1:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	36 min
Jun 23, 2:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, De Baca, Roosevelt	13 min
Jun 23, 2:15 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Colfax, Guadalupe, Mora, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Torrance and 1 more	12 hr
Jun 23, 2:42 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	53 hr
Jun 23, 2:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	30 min
Jun 23, 3:12 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	33 min
Jun 23, 3:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Curry	24 min
Jun 23, 3:48 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	27 min
Jun 23, 4:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, San Miguel, Torrance	65 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.