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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 22, 1990Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1990, 6:59 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 1990, 6:59 PM MDT (00:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 1990, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Torrance County, NM

The radar

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 22, 7:15 PM MDTThunderstorm Wind 61Torrance, NM

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1990-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 64 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1990-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 45 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
64 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2453 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
214 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 230100
SVRABQ
NMC057-230200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
659 PM MDT SUN JUL 22 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...WESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY
 
AT 650 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR
BETWEEN EDGEWOOD AND MORIARTY NEW MEXICO. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IS ABOUT 10 TO 15 MILES IN DIAMETER AND IS MOVING SOUTH AT 10 TO
20 MPH.  RAINS IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH MAY RESULT FROM THE STORM.
 
THE COMMUNITIES OF MORIARTY...MC INTIOSH...ESTANCIA...AND WILLARD
ARE IN THE PATH OF THE STORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.