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Special Weather Statement, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 6, 2023Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2023, 9:10 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Aug 6, 2023, 9:10 PM MDT (03:10 UTC)
Expired: Aug 6, 2023, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 35 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 50

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:09 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 277 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: 3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 5088 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

773 
WWUS85 KABQ 070310
SPSABQ

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
910 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023
 
NMZ227-228-070345-
Far Northeast Highlands-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton
Pass-
910 PM MDT Sun Aug 6 2023

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF NORTHEASTERN COLFAX
COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM MDT...

At 910 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from 6 miles east of Sugarite Canyon State Park to
11 miles northwest of Raton Crews Airport. Movement was east at 25
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 damage to outdoor objects is 
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Raton, Sugarite, Raton Crews Airport, Sugarite Canyon State Park and
Raton Pass.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 between Mile Markers 438 and 460.
 Highway 64 between Mile Markers 336 and 368.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

&&

LAT...LON 3661 10422 3681 10484 3699 10485 3700 10398
TIME...MOT...LOC 0310Z 287DEG 22KT 3698 10427 3685 10464 

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

$$

Guyer

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 6, 6:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Colfax, Union	64 min
Aug 6, 7:37 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	30 min
Aug 6, 9:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Aug 7, 12:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		29 min
Aug 7, 12:25 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	35 min
Aug 7, 12:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	31 min
Aug 7, 1:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Socorro	30 min
Aug 7, 1:27 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		33 min
Aug 7, 1:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	30 min
Aug 7, 1:46 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Catron	3 hr
Aug 7, 3:23 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	37 min
Aug 7, 3:56 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		34 min
Aug 7, 4:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	30 min
Aug 7, 4:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Curry, De Baca, Quay, Roosevelt	51 min
Aug 7, 5:10 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Catron	35 min
Aug 7, 5:37 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	23 min
Aug 7, 5:40 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Roosevelt	35 min
Aug 7, 5:46 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry	29 min

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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.