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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 26, 1994Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 1994, 5:05 PM MDT for Harding County, Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 26, 1994, 5:05 PM MDT (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 26, 1994, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Harding County, NM, Mora County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 224 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 1994-07-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 1994-07-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-366 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
2 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
20 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 262306 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC033-021-270000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
505 PM MDT TUE JUL 26 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...EASTERN MORA COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...WESTERN HARDING COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED ON WEATHER RADAR MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
20 MPH. THE TOWN OF ROY IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM THAT IS LIKELY
PRODUCING HAIL ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
 
 
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.

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.