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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 24, 1991Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jul 24, 1991, 8:41 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1991, 8:41 PM MDT (02:41 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1991, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Bernalillo County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1991-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1069 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1991-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 8 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1069 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1756 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 250242
TORABQ
NMC001-250330-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
841 PM MDT WED JUL 24 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...BERNALILLO COUNTY
 
THE NEW MEXICO STATE POLICE REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO AT PASEO DEL
NORTE AND INTERSTATE 25 AT AROUND 815 PM MDT. RADAR INDICATED
THUNDERSTORMS IN THAT AREA WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 6:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSandoval2 hr
Jul 24, 7:55 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQValencia2 hr
Jul 24, 8:22 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSocorro3 hr

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.