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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 507, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 2, 20236 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 2, 2023, 7:59 PM MDT for 6 counties in 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: Oct 2, 2023, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
Expired: Oct 2, 2023, 9:00 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Curry County, NM, De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 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
Oct 2, 1:03 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr
Oct 2, 5:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 354 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 998 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -40 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 72 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Oct 2, 5:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 2, 5:48 PM MDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 2, 3:56 PM MDT, 4 hours 3 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
356 PM MDT Mon Oct 2 2023

NMZ228-229-022230-
Far Northeast Highlands-Northeast Highlands-
356 PM MDT Mon Oct 2 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL AND
SOUTHEASTERN MORA COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM MDT...

At 356 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 12
miles south of Watrous, or 17 miles east of Las Vegas, moving
northeast at 20 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...
Valmora and Shoemaker.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 near Mile Marker 373.
 State Road 104 between Mile Markers 10 and 24.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Heavy rains will cause water to pond on roads and in low spots. Fast
running water will quickly fill arroyos and ditches.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 800 PM MDT for
northeastern New Mexico.

&&

LAT...LON 3550 10485 3558 10504 3587 10490 3576 10460
TIME...MOT...LOC 2156Z 206DEG 18KT 3561 10491

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

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 4:57 PM MDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 4:59 PM MDT, 3 hours before

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Local storm report, Oct 2, 5:15 PM MDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 5:50 PM MDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Oct 2, 5:53 PM MDT, 2 hours 6 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
Oct 2, 6:04 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	26 min
Oct 2, 6:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	36 min
Oct 2, 6:23 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Curry, Roosevelt	112 min
Oct 2, 6:31 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Guadalupe	29 min
Oct 2, 6:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	San Miguel	28 min
Oct 2, 6:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, San Miguel	66 min
Oct 2, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	44 min
Oct 2, 6:58 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay, Roosevelt	62 min
Oct 2, 7:06 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	24 min
Oct 2, 7:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	34 min
Oct 2, 8:17 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
Oct 2, 8:39 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Harding	36 min
Oct 3, 1:24 AM MDT	Freeze Watch	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	13 hr
Oct 3, 2:01 PM MDT	Freeze Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	18 hr

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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.