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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 410, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 21, 2023Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 2023, 1:14 AM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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 21, 2023, 1:14 AM MDT (07:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 2023, 2:15 AM MDT
In force
61 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 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.2 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-07-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2250 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 00:00Z on 2023-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
2250 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-14 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.7

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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 Jul 20, 11:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 20, 11:41 PM MDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 6:40 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQBernalillo, Valencia35 min
Jul 21, 1:42 AM MDTHeat AdvisoryABQMcKinley, San Juan18 hr
Jul 21, 2:34 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQMora41 min
Jul 21, 2:43 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos32 min
Jul 21, 3:11 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMora, Taos3 hr
Jul 21, 3:31 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSan Miguel3 hr
Jul 21, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQSan Miguel38 min
Jul 21, 4:03 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQColfax10 min
Jul 21, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel17 min
Jul 21, 4:39 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax66 min

Nearby

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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.