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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 239, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 23, 2025Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 2025, 2:21 PM MDT for Chaves County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 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: Jun 23, 2025, 2:21 PM MDT (20:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 23, 2025, 3:15 PM MDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Chaves County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:21 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 224 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 3920 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 89 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 Jun 23, 11:53 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 23, 11:53 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:25 PM MDT, 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:27 PM MDT, 54 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
127 PM MDT Mon Jun 23 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0127 PM     Flash Flood      Hollywood               33.32N 105.63W
06/23/2025                   Lincoln            NM   Emergency Mngr

            Intersection of Sudderth Dr. and U.S. 70
            closed due to flash flooding.

&&

RJH

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:32 PM MDT, 49 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
132 PM MDT Mon Jun 23 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0131 PM     Flash Flood      Hollywood               33.32N 105.63W
06/23/2025                   Lincoln            NM   Emergency Mngr

            Swift water rescue out of a car at the
            Elevate Hotel due to burn scar flash
            flooding off the Salt burn scar.

&&

RJH

Local storm report, Jun 23, 1:44 PM MDT, 37 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
144 PM MDT Mon Jun 23 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0143 PM     Flash Flood      Hollywood               33.32N 105.63W
06/23/2025                   Lincoln            NM   Emergency Mngr

            Three vehicles trapped by flash flooding off
            the Salt burn scar needing swift water
            rescue at the Otero Federal Credit Union.

&&

RJH

Special weather statement, Jun 23, 1:58 PM MDT, 23 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
158 PM MDT Mon Jun 23 2025

NMZ239-240-232030-
Eastern Lincoln County NM-Southwest Chaves County NM-
158 PM MDT Mon Jun 23 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN LINCOLN AND WEST
CENTRAL CHAVES COUNTIES UNTIL 230 PM MDT...

At 158 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 15
miles north of Elk, or 24 miles southeast of Ruidoso, moving
northeast at 10 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 damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include...
  Mainly rural areas of Southern Lincoln and West Central Chaves
  Counties.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional
information and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.

Heavy rains from severe thunderstorms can produce sudden and
dangerous flows in arroyos, ditches and over low water crossings. Do
not attempt to drive through areas where water covers the roadway.

&&

LAT...LON 3327 10532 3335 10521 3327 10509 3315 10506
      3305 10529 3309 10532
TIME...MOT...LOC 1958Z 237DEG 10KT 3316 10530

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 TO 55 MPH

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Local storm report, Jun 23, 2:03 PM MDT, 18 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
203 PM MDT Mon Jun 23 2025

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 PM     Flash Flood      Hollywood               33.32N 105.63W
06/23/2025                   Lincoln            NM   Law Enforcement

            New Mexico State Police have closed U.S. 70
            at mile marker 261 due to wildfire burn scar
            flooding.

&&

BTS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 22, 6:59 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	61 min
Jun 22, 7:47 PM MDT	Areal Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	12 hr
Jun 22, 7:56 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jun 22, 7:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	32 min
Jun 22, 8:30 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	30 min
Jun 23, 12:47 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Lincoln	3 hr
Jun 23, 1:58 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ		32 min
Jun 23, 2:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Mora	49 min
Jun 23, 2:50 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance	55 min
Jun 23, 3:08 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	4 hr
Jun 23, 3:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves, Lincoln	39 min
Jun 23, 3:20 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	40 min
Jun 23, 3:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	23 min
Jun 23, 4:08 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	52 min
Jun 23, 4:09 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	14 min
Jun 23, 4:19 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	3 hr
Jun 23, 4:23 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning Considerable damage threat	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Jun 23, 4:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	43 min
Jun 23, 4:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Chaves	24 min
Jun 23, 4:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	49 min
Jun 23, 5:05 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	25 min
Jun 23, 5:26 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Chaves	3 hr
Jun 23, 5:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel	48 min
Jun 23, 5:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Union	44 min
Jun 23, 5:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Chaves	5 hr
Jun 23, 5:56 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	3 hr

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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.