Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 24, 1996Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 1996, 7:00 PM MDT (01:00 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 1996, 8:00 PM MDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

County Union County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 206 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 7:24 PM MDT	Hail 1.75	Mt Dora, NM

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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

Special weather statement, May 24, 5:28 PM MDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 25, 1:15 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, Quay	60 min
May 25, 2:24 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay, Union	66 min
May 25, 3:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	60 min
May 25, 3:54 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1996 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.