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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 322, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 11, 2025Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2025, 6:11 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 15 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: Jul 11, 2025, 6:11 PM MDT (00:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 11, 2025, 6:26 PM MDT
In force: 15 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 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 00:12 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 11, 5:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 212 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: 1969 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -7 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2034 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 189 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 7.2

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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 Jul 11, 5:21 PM MDT, 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 5:21 PM MDT, 50 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 3:58 PM MDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
358 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

NMZ227-228-112245-
Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass NM-Far Northeast
Highlands NM-
358 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT WEST CENTRAL UNION AND EAST
CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 358 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 13
miles southwest of Capulin, or 20 miles southwest of Des Moines,
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...
  Capulin.

This includes Highway 64 between Mile Markers 371 and 378.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Motorists can expect brief but sudden changes in visibility and
ponding of water on roadways as storms move through the area.

&&

LAT...LON 3659 10437 3681 10402 3657 10383 3658 10385
      3656 10386 3655 10387 3653 10387 3652 10385
      3650 10388 3651 10389 3651 10390 3650 10393
      3650 10395 3649 10397 3650 10398 3649 10399
      3650 10400 3649 10401 3643 10401 3638 10417
TIME...MOT...LOC 2157Z 243DEG 10KT 3660 10413

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

25/42

Special weather statement, Jul 11, 4:03 PM MDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
403 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

NMZ215-227-112245-
Johnson and Bartlett Mesas Including Raton Pass NM-East Slopes
Sangre de Cristo Mountains NM-
403 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTH CENTRAL COLFAX COUNTY
UNTIL 445 PM MDT...

At 403 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 31
miles north of Ute Park, or 26 miles west of Raton, moving south 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...
  Vermejo Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 3699 10507 3699 10505 3699 10478 3679 10464
      3672 10496
TIME...MOT...LOC 2202Z 347DEG 7KT 3697 10490

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

25/42

Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:42 PM MDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
442 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

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

0600 AM     Flash Flood      2 W Rio Rancho          35.28N 106.69W
07/03/2025                   Sandoval           NM   Broadcast Media

            *** 1 FATAL ***
            DELAYED REPORT: Heavy rains in excess of 2
            inches caused thick dirt and debris runoff
            over roadways across western Rio Rancho.
            During debris removal efforts around
            sunrise, road crews located a deceased male
            near the intersection of Northern Blvd. and
            Calor Rd. NW.

&&

MAA

Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:43 PM MDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
443 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

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

0145 AM     Flash Flood      1 ESE Albuquerque       35.11N 106.60W
07/03/2025                   Bernalillo         NM   Broadcast Media

            *** 1 FATAL ***
            DELAYED REPORT: Albuquerque Fire Rescue
            received reports of a man in the arroyo near
            Carlisle Boulevard and Menaul Boulevard.
            Crews did not spot the man after one hour of
            searching at multiple locations searching
            the north diversion channel arroyo. An
            airboat was deployed by the Bernalillo
            County Fire Department later Thursday
            morning in the washout area at Roy Avenue
            and Fourth Street. No one was found. The
            individual is assumed to have deceased.

&&

MAA

Local storm report, Jul 11, 4:44 PM MDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Albuquerque NM
444 PM MDT Fri Jul 11 2025

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

0525 PM     Flash Flood      Hollywood               33.33N 105.63W
07/08/2025                   Lincoln            NM   Local Official

            *** 3 FATAL, 2 INJ ***
            DELAYED REPORT: 3 people, including 2
            children, died in floodwaters from
            catastrophic flash flooding on the South
            Fork burn scar. The 2 children, a 7 year old
            male and a 4 year old female, died after
            floodwaters engulfed and destroyed the
            family RV. The parents of these children
            suffered serious injuries and were
            hospitalized due to trying to save their
            children from the floodwaters. Two family
            dogs were also lost in the floodwaters.
            Additionally, a 40 to 50 year old male died
            after being swept downstream in the record
            high flood waters.

&&

MAA

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 11, 6:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Colfax	3 hr
Jul 11, 6:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding	48 min
Jul 11, 6:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	47 min
Jul 11, 6:24 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Mora	3 hr
Jul 11, 7:09 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Union	36 min
Jul 11, 7:23 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, Union	38 min
Jul 11, 8:06 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	24 min
Jul 11, 8:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay, San Miguel, Union	50 min
Jul 11, 9:02 PM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Harding, Union	3 hr
Jul 11, 9:25 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Quay	50 min
Jul 11, 10:16 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Curry, Quay	44 min
Jul 12, 2:27 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	48 min
Jul 12, 3:39 AM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, Quay	3 hr
Jul 12, 4:38 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Roosevelt	30 min
Jul 12, 6:10 AM MDT	Areal Flood Advisory	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	3 hr
Jul 12, 11:30 AM MDT	Flood Watch	ABQ	Bernalillo, Chaves, Colfax, De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln and 9 more	34 hr
Jul 12, 2:54 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	36 min
Jul 12, 2:59 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Taos	46 min
Jul 12, 3:51 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Cibola	39 min
Jul 12, 4:43 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Los Alamos	47 min
Jul 12, 5:15 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	45 min
Jul 12, 5:28 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Sandoval	47 min
Jul 12, 5:32 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	43 min
Jul 12, 5:55 PM MDT	Special Weather Statement	ABQ	Bernalillo	50 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.