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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Amarillo, TX

June 1, 1994Union County, New Mexico

NWS Amarillo, TX issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 1, 1994, 5:53 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 min.

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The facts

Issued
Jun 1, 1994, 5:53 PM MDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 1, 1994, 7:00 PM MDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Amarillo, TX
Area
Whole counties

County Union County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 324 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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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.