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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 423, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 5, 2023Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 5, 2023, 8:09 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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: Aug 5, 2023, 8:09 PM MDT (02:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 5, 2023, 9:15 PM MDT
In force: 66 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Tornado: Possible
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 02:13 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
Aug 5, 1:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	10 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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 5, 6:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 24 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
Aug 5, 6:45 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	45 min
Aug 5, 7:29 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	31 min
Aug 5, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	39 min
Aug 5, 9:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	12 min
Aug 6, 4:40 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan, Santa Fe and 1 more	15 hr
Aug 6, 4:40 AM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 3 more	39 hr
Aug 6, 2:01 PM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Los Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan	37 hr
Aug 6, 5:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.