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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 2, 1996Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 2, 1996, 7:14 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. 3 reports 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
Jun 2, 1996, 7:14 PM MDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 2, 7:17 PM MDTHail 1.75Milnesand, NM
Jun 2, 7:23 PM MDTTornado F0Milnesand, NM
Jun 2, 8:13 PM MDTHail 1.75Rogers, 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 211 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 839 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 24 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
839 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1968 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
215 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 030115
SVRABQ
NMC041-030215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
714 PM MDT SUN JUN 2 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...ROOSEVELT COUNTY
 
AT 712 PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE COMMUNITIES OF
ROGERS AND MILNESAND. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
4AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 6:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding60 min
Jun 2, 6:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt61 min
Jun 2, 7:40 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay, San Miguel35 min
Jun 2, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay58 min
Jun 2, 8:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel49 min
Jun 2, 9:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves25 min
Jun 2, 9:36 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe69 min
Jun 2, 9:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry54 min
Jun 2, 10:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt68 min
Jun 2, 10:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca56 min
Jun 2, 11:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt51 min
Jun 2, 11:37 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca68 min
Jun 3, 1:16 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves59 min
Jun 3, 1:45 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt60 min
Jun 3, 1:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel61 min
Jun 3, 1:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion68 min
Jun 3, 1:57 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion33 min
Jun 3, 2:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe62 min
Jun 3, 2:29 PM MDTTornado WarningABQUnion31 min
Jun 3, 2:34 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding26 min
Jun 3, 2:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca62 min
Jun 3, 2:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves27 min
Jun 3, 2:57 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Union33 min
Jun 3, 3:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves67 min
Jun 3, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding58 min
Jun 3, 3:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca68 min
Jun 3, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding61 min
Jun 3, 4:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves61 min
Jun 3, 4:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay55 min
Jun 3, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay62 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.