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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 20, 1995De Baca County, Guadalupe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1995, 3:21 PM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 20, 1995, 3:21 PM MDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 1995, 4:21 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 189 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 1995-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 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 1995-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-260 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1801 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
49 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 202122 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC011-019-202221-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
321 PM MDT TUE JUN 20 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  421 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN DE BACA COUNTY...GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
AT 313 PM MDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN SOUTHERN GUADALUPE COUNTY...20 MILES SOUTH OF SANTA ROSA. THIS
THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

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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.