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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 13, 1990Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1990, 6:43 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1990, 6:43 PM MDT (00:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1990, 7:30 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1990-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 327 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 1990-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
327 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-60 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2464 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 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 KABQ 140041
SVRABQ
NMC027-140130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
643 PM MDT FRI JUL 13 1990
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM MDT RADAR AND A PILOT REPORTED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR CAPITAN. THIS THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH SOUTHWEST AT
10 TO 15 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE A$WAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 6:38 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo3 hr
Jul 13, 6:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo52 min
Jul 14, 5:50 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval3 hr
Jul 14, 5:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.