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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 425, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 6, 2023Colfax County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 2023, 5:59 PM MDT for Colfax County, 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
Aug 6, 2023, 5:59 PM MDT (23:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2023, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
61 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 00:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Aug 6, 3:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 6, 3:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 6:45 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt45 min
Aug 5, 7:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQRoosevelt31 min
Aug 5, 7:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt39 min
Aug 5, 8:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion66 min
Aug 5, 9:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion12 min
Aug 6, 4:40 AM MDTRed Flag WarningABQLos Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan, Santa Fe and 1 more15 hr
Aug 6, 4:40 AM MDTRed Flag WarningABQColfax, Los Alamos, Mora, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Miguel and 3 more39 hr
Aug 6, 2:01 PM MDTFire Weather WatchABQLos Alamos, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan37 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2023Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.