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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 12, 1993Harding County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 12, 1993, 6:25 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 12, 1993, 6:25 PM MDT (00:25 UTC)
Expired
Aug 12, 1993, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Harding County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 204 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 927 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1993-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
927 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
1 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
15 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 130024 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC021-130115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
625 PM MDT THU AUG 12 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...EASTERN HARDING COUNTY
 
 
AT 618 PM MDT A REPORT WAS RECIEVED OF GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL FROM A
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF MOSQUERO IN EASTERN HARDING COUNTY.
RADAR INDICATED THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARDS THE NORTHEAST
AT AROUND 15 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
 
 
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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.