Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1996, 2:24 PM MDT for Quay County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 66 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 25, 1996, 2:24 PM MDT (20:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1996, 3:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Quay County, NM, Union County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:25 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | Amistad, 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 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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
- 1041 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -184 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 767 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
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 25, 10:09 AM MDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-260000- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 1008 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 1996 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO: BERNALILLO GUADALUPE RIO ARRIBA SOCORRO CATRON HARDING ROOSEVELT TAOS CHAVES LINCOLN SANDOVAL TORRANCE CIBOLA LOS ALAMOS SAN JUAN QUAY COLFAX MCKINLEY SAN MIGUEL UNION DE BACA MORA SANTA FE VALENCIA SYNOPSIS: BRISK LOW LEVEL WINDS FROM THE SOUTHEAST HAVE BROUGHT VERY MOIST AIR INTO THE EASTERN SECTIONS OF NEW MEXICO. A STRONG ...UNSEASONABLY COLD UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE AREA WAS BEGINNING TO MOVE EASTWARD FROM WESTERN ARIZONA AT MID MORNING. THESE FEATURES WILL COMBINE TO PRODUCE SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF THE STATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALL AND A RISK FOR ISOLATED TORNADOS. ISOLATED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP BY LATE AFTERNOON FROM THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGES WESTWARD. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON OVER THE EASTERN THIRD OF NEW MEXICO. MJF
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:50 AM MDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
NMZALL-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1145 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 1996 A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF NEW MEXICO TODAY. THE AREA UNDER THE WIND ADVISORY IS ROUGHLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A GALLUP TO JUST NORTH OF TATUM LINE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY. STRONGER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND DIRT WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. FURTHER EAST IN THE STATE...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING IN COLFAX...MORA...HARDING...AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHEAST AND CONTINUE NEAR THE MIDDAY HOUR. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN NORTHERN ARIZONA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH THE STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS AND THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTOMS SO FAR TODAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT STORM DEVELOPMENT THERE REMAIN FAVORABLE. PERSONS IN AND TRAVELING THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. SUDDEN HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL FILL NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR THE EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES OF NEW MEXICO AND FOR ADJACENT COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF THE BORDER COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADI O AND TV...AND TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EAP
Special weather statement, May 25, 11:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
NMZALL-252330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1145 AM MDT SAT MAY 25 1996 A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF NEW MEXICO TODAY. THE AREA UNDER THE WIND ADVISORY IS ROUGHLY SOUTH AND WEST OF A GALLUP TO JUST NORTH OF TATUM LINE. SUSTAINED WINDS OF 20 TO 35 MPH ARE LIKELY IN THE ADVISORY AREA TODAY. STRONGER GUSTS WILL RESULT IN PATCHY AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND DIRT WHICH WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES AT TIMES. THE CITY OF ALBUQUERQUE IS WITHIN THE WIND ADVISORY AREA. FURTHER EAST IN THE STATE...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED EARLY THIS MORNING IN COLFAX...MORA...HARDING...AND SAN MIGUEL COUNTIES IN THE NORTHEAST AND CONTINUE NEAR THE MIDDAY HOUR. AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER IN NORTHERN ARIZONA IS RESPONSIBLE FOR BOTH THE STRONG SUSTAINED WINDS AND THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THUNDERSTOMS SO FAR TODAY. LOW LEVEL MOISTURE CONTINUES TO MOVE INTO THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO AND CONDITIONS FOR SIGNIFICANT STORM DEVELOPMENT THERE REMAIN FAVORABLE. PERSONS IN AND TRAVELING THROUGH THE EASTERN PLAINS OF NEW MEXICO SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT. THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE. SUDDEN HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL FILL NORMALLY DRY ARROYOS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM MDT FOR THE EASTERN BORDER COUNTIES OF NEW MEXICO AND FOR ADJACENT COUNTIES TO THE WEST OF THE BORDER COUNTIES. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TV...AND TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FUTURE WEATHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. EAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 7:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 60 min |
| May 25, 1:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding, Quay | 60 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, 1996Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.