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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 21, 1990Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1990, 1:42 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 21, 1990, 1:42 PM MDT (19:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1990, 2:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Union 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 758 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1990-06-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 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
758 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-228 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1580 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
252 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KAMA 211943
SVRAMA
NMC059-212030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AMARILLO TX
242 PM CDT (142 PM MDT) THU JUN 21 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN AMARILLO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT (230 PM MDT)
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
          ...EASTERN UNION
 
AT 140 PM MDT..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN UNION COUNTY..15
MILES NORTH OF CLAYTON. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL AND VERY STRONG WINDS AS IT MOVES TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM
HAS PASSED.  MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
SC

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.