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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 31, 1992Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 31, 1992, 7:14 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 31, 1992, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 31, 1992, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Torrance County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1992-08-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 138 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 1992-08-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 28 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
138 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-31 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2726 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
12 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 31, 7:14 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance61 min
Jul 31, 7:28 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQValencia62 min
Jul 31, 7:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQValencia62 min
Jul 31, 7:45 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.