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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 480, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 30, 2023Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 2023, 7:03 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
Sep 30, 2023, 7:03 PM MDT (01:03 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 2023, 7:45 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-10-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 358 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 2023-10-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -39 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-120 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2237 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-39 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-15 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 Sep 30, 5:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 5:58 PM MDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 30, 3:31 PM MDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
331 PM MDT Sat Sep 30 2023

NMZ226-239-302200-
Eastern Lincoln County-South Central Mountains-
331 PM MDT Sat Sep 30 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
THROUGH 400 PM MDT...

At 331 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Hondo, or 18 miles east of Ruidoso, 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 hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Hondo, Tinnie, San Patricio, and Sunset.

This includes Highway 380 between Mile Markers 99 and 107.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Accumulations of small hail on roads can create very slick and
hazardous driving conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3330 10532 3331 10548 3332 10550 3355 10530
      3332 10502 3319 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 2131Z 228DEG 15KT 3331 10533

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

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Special weather statement, Sep 30, 4:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 6:13 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance32 min
Sep 30, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, Lincoln50 min
Sep 30, 7:14 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ31 min
Sep 30, 7:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca62 min
Sep 30, 7:53 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln37 min
Sep 30, 9:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQHarding23 min
Sep 30, 11:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves36 min
Sep 30, 11:13 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQChaves2 hr
Oct 1, 2:14 AM MDTWind AdvisoryABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, McKinley, Sandoval and 5 more18 hr
Oct 1, 2:18 AM MDTRed Flag WarningABQCibola, McKinley, Rio Arriba, Sandoval, San Juan17 hr
Oct 1, 2:28 AM MDTFlood WatchABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos46 hr
Oct 1, 1:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln30 min
Oct 1, 1:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln22 min
Oct 1, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln25 min
Oct 1, 2:32 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ28 min
Oct 1, 2:46 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQLincoln33 min
Oct 1, 3:05 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ25 min
Oct 1, 3:10 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay50 min
Oct 1, 3:19 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQLincoln2 hr
Oct 1, 3:47 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe28 min
Oct 1, 4:11 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQGuadalupe, Lincoln3 hr
Oct 1, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ25 min
Oct 1, 4:29 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQ31 min
Oct 1, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay27 min
Oct 1, 4:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLincoln34 min
Oct 1, 5:04 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQQuay26 min
Oct 1, 5:36 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSan Miguel3 hr
Oct 1, 5:41 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQChaves34 min
Oct 1, 5:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQCurry33 min
Oct 1, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt40 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.