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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 3, 2024Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 3, 2024, 2:07 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 53 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: May 3, 2024, 2:07 PM MDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired: May 3, 2024, 3:00 PM MDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The Pueblo radar (KPUX), 210 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:08 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 306 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: 755 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -110 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 557 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 82 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 May 3, 11:44 AM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 3, 11:44 AM MDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 3, 2:03 PM MDT, 4 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
203 PM MDT Fri May 3 2024

NMZ227-228-032030-
Far Northeast Highlands-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton
Pass-
203 PM MDT Fri May 3 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN COLFAX COUNTY
THROUGH 230 PM MDT...

At 203 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Springer, moving east at 10 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel 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.

This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern Colfax
County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor your preferred
media outlets and NOAA Weather Radio for additional information and
possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

&&

LAT...LON 3629 10454 3647 10461 3665 10428 3635 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2003Z 251DEG 8KT 3641 10449

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 3, 4:46 AM MDT	Fire Weather Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos and 12 more	50 hr
May 3, 2:03 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Colfax	27 min
May 3, 2:15 PM MDT	Red Flag Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Lincoln, Los Alamos and 12 more	56 hr
May 3, 3:34 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	26 min
May 3, 4:00 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	30 min
May 3, 4:04 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	41 min
May 3, 4:41 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	34 min
May 3, 4:47 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	28 min
May 3, 4:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	27 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.