Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1990
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1990, 6:13 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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 14, 1990, 6:13 PM MDT (00:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1990, 7:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Bernalillo 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, 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 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 6 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
- 51 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1912 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 106 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 150014 TORABQ NMC001-150100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 613 PM MDT SAT JUL 14 1990 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...BERNALILLO COUNTY AT 610 PM MDT WEATHER OBSERVERS REPORTED SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS IN THE ALBUQUERQUE AREA. THE ASSOCIATED THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM THIS EVENING.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 6:42 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Valencia | 3 hr |
| Jul 14, 6:42 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Valencia | 78 min |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.