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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 237, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 3, 2024Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2024, 3:24 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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 3, 2024, 3:24 PM MDT (21:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 3, 2024, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 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 2, 5:52 PM MDT, 21 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 2, 5:52 PM MDT, 21 hours 32 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 6:06 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQDe Baca24 min
Aug 2, 9:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQQuay115 min
Aug 3, 2:30 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQMora3 hr
Aug 3, 3:09 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQUnion36 min
Aug 3, 4:20 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQLos Alamos40 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.