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Wind Advisory 29, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 5, 20249 counties in New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this wind advisory at May 5, 2024, 3:53 AM MDT for 9 counties in New Mexico. It took effect at May 5, 2024, 11:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 15 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 5, 2024, 3:53 AM MDT (09:53 UTC)
In effect from
May 5, 2024, 11:00 AM MDT
Expired
May 6, 2024, 2:00 AM MDT
In force
15 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM

Counties Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Colfax County, NM, McKinley County, NM, Mora County, NM, Rio Arriba County, NM, San Juan County, NM, Sandoval County, NM, Union County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 75 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 84 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 50 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2024-05-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
50 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 wind advisory 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 wind advisory went out at May 5, 3:38 AM MDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 5, 3:38 AM MDT, 15 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 4, 6:50 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance25 min
May 4, 7:15 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQTorrance30 min
May 5, 3:53 AM MDTHigh Wind WatchABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and 2 more9 hr
May 5, 6:40 AM MDTFire Weather WatchABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 18 more22 hr
May 5, 6:40 AM MDTRed Flag WarningABQBernalillo, Catron, Cibola, Colfax, Curry, De Baca and 18 more38 hr
May 5, 1:06 PM MDTHigh Wind WarningABQColfax, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe, Taos and 2 more21 hr
May 5, 1:20 PM MDTRiver Flood AdvisoryABQRio Arriba21 days

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.