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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 69, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 31, 2024Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 31, 2024, 3:40 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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 31, 2024, 3:40 PM MDT (21:40 UTC)
Expired
May 31, 2024, 4:45 PM MDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 164 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2024-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2024-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-328 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2381 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 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 31, 3:00 PM MDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:00 PM MDT, 40 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 31, 1:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 31, 2:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
228 PM MDT Fri May 31 2024

NMZ229-312100-
Northeast Highlands-
228 PM MDT Fri May 31 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
THROUGH 300 PM MDT...

At 228 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Romeroville, or near Las Vegas, moving southeast at 15 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 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.

Locations impacted include...
Las Vegas, Romeroville, Tecolote, Los Montoyas, Chapelle, and San
Agustin.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 25 south of Las Vegas
 State Road 104 near Mile Marker 1.
 State Road 283 between Mile Markers 1 and 2.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 3541 10535 3561 10524 3554 10489 3527 10505
TIME...MOT...LOC 2028Z 293DEG 14KT 3550 10520

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...55 MPH

CA
Special weather statement, May 31, 3:16 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
316 PM MDT Fri May 31 2024

NMZ227-228-312145-
Far Northeast Highlands-Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton
Pass-
316 PM MDT Fri May 31 2024

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY THROUGH
345 PM MDT...

At 316 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Maxwell, or 15 miles north of Springer, moving east at 15 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.

Locations impacted include...
Maxwell.

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 3648 10467 3665 10471 3673 10443 3648 10440
TIME...MOT...LOC 2116Z 255DEG 13KT 3659 10457

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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 12:38 PM MDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatABQSan Miguel3 hr
May 31, 1:42 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel33 min
May 31, 2:28 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel32 min
May 31, 2:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel23 min
May 31, 2:54 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion66 min
May 31, 3:16 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax29 min
May 31, 3:37 PM MDTAreal Flood AdvisoryABQUnion3 hr
May 31, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln28 min
May 31, 4:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe45 min
May 31, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion63 min
May 31, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt43 min
May 31, 4:33 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQSan Miguel27 min
May 31, 4:52 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQGuadalupe23 min
May 31, 5:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt45 min
May 31, 5:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, San Miguel54 min
May 31, 5:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay63 min
May 31, 5:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQRoosevelt65 min
May 31, 5:46 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln59 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.