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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 356, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 8, 2023Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 8, 2023, 5:00 PM MDT for Harding County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 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: Jul 8, 2023, 5:00 PM MDT (23:00 UTC)
Expired: Jul 8, 2023, 5:27 PM MDT
In force: 27 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 2.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:59 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 8, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

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 Jul 8, 3:00 PM MDT, 2 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 3:00 PM MDT, 2 hours before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 8, 1:59 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:02 PM MDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 2:57 PM MDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 8, 3:50 PM MDT, 1 hour 10 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
Jul 8, 1:53 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jul 8, 1:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	31 min
Jul 8, 2:02 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Lincoln	28 min
Jul 8, 2:11 PM MDT	Heat Advisory	ABQ	Bernalillo, Chaves, Cibola, Sandoval, Socorro, Torrance and 1 more	30 hr
Jul 8, 2:57 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	33 min
Jul 8, 3:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	56 min
Jul 8, 3:50 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	25 min
Jul 8, 3:55 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	23 min
Jul 8, 4:07 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Mora, San Miguel	53 min
Jul 8, 5:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	24 min
Jul 8, 5:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
Jul 8, 5:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Quay	30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.