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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 310, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 10, 2025De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 2025, 6:48 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jul 10, 2025, 6:48 PM MDT (00:48 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2025, 7:13 PM MDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County De Baca County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2025-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 395 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 2025-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
395 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3876 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

640 
WUUS55 KABQ 110048
SVRABQ
NMC011-110130-
/O.NEW.KABQ.SV.W.0310.250711T0048Z-250711T0130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
648 PM MDT Thu Jul 10 2025

The National Weather Service in Albuquerque has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northeastern De Baca County in east central New Mexico...

* Until 730 PM MDT.

* At 648 PM MDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 5 miles north of 
  Fort Sumner, moving southeast at 25 mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind
           damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Locations impacted include...
  Fort Sumner.

This includes Highway 60 between Mile Markers 322 and 341.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from 
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and large 
hail.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 10437 3466 10418 3438 10397 3427 10429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 334DEG 20KT 3455 10425

HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

77/71
1 follow-up statement
463 
WWUS55 KABQ 110113
SVSABQ

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
713 PM MDT Thu Jul 10 2025

NMC011-110123-
/O.CAN.KABQ.SV.W.0310.000000T0000Z-250711T0130Z/
De Baca NM-
713 PM MDT Thu Jul 10 2025

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS CANCELLED FOR NORTHEASTERN DE BACA 
COUNTY...

The storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe 
limits, and no longer poses an immediate threat to life or property. 
Therefore, the warning has been cancelled.

&&

LAT...LON 3459 10437 3466 10418 3438 10397 3427 10429
TIME...MOT...LOC 0048Z 334DEG 20KT 3455 10425

$$

77/71

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay50 min
Jul 10, 6:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro29 min
Jul 10, 7:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln28 min
Jul 11, 11:44 AM MDTFlood WatchABQCurry, De Baca, Guadalupe, Harding, Quay, Roosevelt and 2 more18 hr
Jul 11, 11:44 AM MDTFlood WatchABQColfax, Lincoln, Mora, Rio Arriba, San Miguel, Santa Fe and 1 more33 hr
Jul 11, 3:58 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax47 min
Jul 11, 4:03 PM MDTSpecial Weather StatementABQColfax42 min
Jul 11, 4:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax35 min
Jul 11, 4:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe41 min
Jul 11, 4:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Union38 min
Jul 11, 4:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion43 min
Jul 11, 4:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax47 min
Jul 11, 5:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe39 min
Jul 11, 5:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatABQColfax32 min
Jul 11, 5:11 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax3 hr
Jul 11, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora52 min
Jul 11, 5:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax46 min
Jul 11, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln40 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.