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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 5, 1995San Miguel County, New Mexico

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1995-05-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
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

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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
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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/EBM

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 5, 7:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel38 min
May 5, 7:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax68 min
May 5, 8:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax40 min
May 5, 9:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora32 min
May 5, 9:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax58 min
May 5, 11:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Mora47 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.