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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 10, 1994Colfax County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 5:20 PM MDT for Colfax County, New Mexico. It was in force for 55 min.

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Issued
Jun 10, 1994, 5:20 PM MDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1994, 6:15 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Colfax County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 306 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1468 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 12:00Z on 1994-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
1468 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-65 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
234 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
8.5

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