Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 5, 1995, 7:59 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 5, 1995, 7:59 PM MDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 5, 1995, 8:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Miguel County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 169 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3664 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 060159 SVRABQ NMC047-060245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 759 PM MDT FRI MAY 5 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...WESTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AT 757 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CONCHAS LAKE. MOVEMENT WAS TOWARD THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 35 MPH. THIS STORM HAS HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DIME TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGBHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. KJ &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 5, 7:51 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
750 PM MDT FRI MAY 05 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
725 PM CONCHAS LAKE NM 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL.
05/05/95 SAN MIGUEL
0000 PM CITY NM
MM/DD/YY COUNTY *** 0 DEAD, 0 INJ ***
0000 PM CITY NM
MM/DD/YY COUNTY *** 0 DEAD, 0 INJ ***
Local storm report, May 5, 7:52 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
752 PM MDT FRI MAY 05 1995
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
725 PM CONCHAS LAKE* NM 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL.
05/05/95 SAN MIGUEL
KJ/EBMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 7:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 38 min |
| May 5, 7:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 68 min |
| May 5, 8:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 40 min |
| May 5, 9:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 32 min |
| May 5, 9:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Colfax | 58 min |
| May 5, 11:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Mora | 47 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
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.