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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 8, 1986Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1986, 4:46 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 1986, 4:46 PM MDT (22:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 1986, 5:45 PM MDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Colfax County, NM

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 247 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 1986-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 196 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 1986-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
196 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
112 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 082246
TORABQ
NMC007-082345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
446 PM MDT SUN JUN 8 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING 
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF

NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO...COLFAX

AT 440PM, A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE STATE POLICE NEAR
MAXWELL, NEW MEXICO. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
AT AROUND 25 MPH. ALL PERSONS IN COLFAX COUNTY SHOULD
TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS IMMEDIATELY!

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO,
GO TO A BASEMENT OR CENTRAL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. IF
YOU ARE IN A CAR OR MOBILE HOME, ABAND9ON IT IMMEDIATELY FOR A
REINFORCED BUILDING, OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.

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.