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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 5, 1993San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 5, 1993, 7:33 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1993, 7:33 PM MDT (01:33 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1993, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1993-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1993-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3643 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-41 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 060136
TORABQ
NMC047-060215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
733 PM MDT SAT JUN 5 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
 
AT 732 PM MDT A PUBLIC SAFETY OFFICIAL AT CONCHAS LAKE REPORTED THREE
FUNNEL CLOUDS HAD BEEN SPOTTED OVER THE SOUTH PART OF CONCHAS LAKE...
DUE EAST OF RATTLESNAKE ISLAND. RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF CONCHAS LAKE.
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 6:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel50 min
Jun 5, 8:14 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, San Miguel46 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.