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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 1, 1994Guadalupe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1994, 3:35 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 55 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1994, 3:35 PM MDT (21:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1994, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Guadalupe County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 329 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 143 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
329 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-192 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1754 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
143 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
203 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KABQ 012138 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC019-012230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
335 PM MDT WED JUN 1 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE......
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...WESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
AT 330 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE
TORRANCE-GUADALUPE COUNTY LINE SOUTHWEST OF VAUGHN. THE
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MILES AND 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 1, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax69 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.