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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 324, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 30, 2023Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 2023, 4:15 PM MDT for Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 28 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 30, 2023, 4:15 PM MDT (22:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 2023, 4:43 PM MDT
In force: 28 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

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 213 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:18 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 30, 12:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 258 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: 1971 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -69 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 Jun 30, 3:28 PM MDT, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 3:28 PM MDT, 47 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:15 PM MDT, 3 hours before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
115 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

NMZ215-227-228-301945-
Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo
Mountains-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass-
115 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL COLFAX
COUNTY THROUGH 145 PM MDT...

At 115 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Cimarron, or 26 miles northwest of Springer, moving northeast at 15
mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Cimarron and Philmont Scout Ranch.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 300 and 324.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for
northeastern New Mexico.

&&

LAT...LON 3646 10498 3661 10511 3681 10485 3659 10466
TIME...MOT...LOC 1915Z 235DEG 13KT 3659 10497

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 1:52 PM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
152 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

NMZ215-228-302015-
Far Northeast Highlands-East Slopes Sangre de Cristo Mountains-
152 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL COLFAX
COUNTY THROUGH 215 PM MDT...

At 151 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Philmont Scout Ranch, or 14 miles west of Springer, moving northeast
at 20 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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...
Cimarron, Philmont Scout Ranch and Miami.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 309 and 326.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for
northeastern New Mexico.

&&

LAT...LON 3667 10478 3664 10477 3665 10476 3664 10475
      3664 10473 3662 10472 3663 10470 3664 10470
      3659 10453 3633 10477 3639 10498 3669 10484
TIME...MOT...LOC 1951Z 199DEG 19KT 3644 10485

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

44

Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:56 PM MDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
256 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

NMZ228-302130-
Far Northeast Highlands-
256 PM MDT Fri Jun 30 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF CENTRAL COLFAX
COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM MDT...

At 255 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 8
miles west of Maxwell, or 11 miles northwest of Springer, moving
northeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 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...
Maxwell.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 418 and 434.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 316 and 334.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on highways as storms move through the area.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 700 PM MDT for
northeastern New Mexico.

&&

LAT...LON 3639 10470 3654 10482 3673 10456 3650 10438
TIME...MOT...LOC 2055Z 237DEG 12KT 3651 10468

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:47 PM MDT, 28 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 30, 3:48 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 30, 4:01 PM MDT, 14 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
Jun 30, 1:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	30 min
Jun 30, 1:52 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	23 min
Jun 30, 2:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	34 min
Jun 30, 3:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	56 min
Jun 30, 3:43 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jun 30, 4:01 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	29 min
Jun 30, 4:33 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	27 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2023 Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.