Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1990
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1990, 5:50 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 55 min. 2 reports 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 14, 1990, 5:50 PM MDT (23:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1990, 6:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Sandoval 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 5:58 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 63 | Sandoval, NM | |
| Jul 14, 6:35 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind 63 | Bernalillo, 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 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 39 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 66 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 6:38 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 6:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 47 min |
| Jul 14, 5:50 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo, Sandoval | 3 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.