Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 1996, 3:32 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 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
- Jun 3, 1996, 3:32 PM MDT (21:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1996, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harding County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 3:33 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Rosebud, 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, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 204 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
- 1410 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -33 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 886 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 18 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 032133 SVRABQ NMC021-032230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 332 PM MDT MON JUN 3 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...EASTERN HARDING COUNTY AT 330 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN HARDING COUNTY...10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF BUEYEROS. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH AT 20 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
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, Jun 3, 10:27 AM MDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-040600-
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO
1030 AM MDT SUN JUN 02 1996
THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO:
BERNALILLO DE BACA RIO ARRIBA SOCORRO
CATRON GUADALUPE ROOSEVELT TAOS
CHAVES HARDING SANDOVAL TORRANCE
CIBOLA LINCOLN SAN JUAN QUAY
COLFAX LOS ALAMOS SAN MIGUEL UNION
CURRY MCKINLEY SANTA FE VALENCIA
MORA
SYNOPSIS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NEW MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.
A LAYER OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PERSISTS ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO ALONG
AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. OVERNIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINGERING ACROSS THE EASTCENTRAL PLAINS NEAR THE
EASTERN BORDER. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...OVER NORTHWESTERN NEW
MEXICO AT THE MOMENT...WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO REMAINS
UNSTABLE.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
INTO TONIGHT ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN EASTERN
NEW MEXICO.
JBGSpecial weather statement, Jun 3, 10:34 AM MDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-040600-
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO
1030 AM MDT MON JUN 03 1996...CORRECTED FOR DAY AND DATE.
THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO:
BERNALILLO DE BACA RIO ARRIBA SOCORRO
CATRON GUADALUPE ROOSEVELT TAOS
CHAVES HARDING SANDOVAL TORRANCE
CIBOLA LINCOLN SAN JUAN QUAY
COLFAX LOS ALAMOS SAN MIGUEL UNION
CURRY MCKINLEY SANTA FE VALENCIA
MORA
SYNOPSIS: THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN NEW MEXICO
THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ALONG AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN.
A LAYER OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE PERSISTS ACROSS EASTERN NEW MEXICO ALONG
AND EAST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN. OVERNIGHT SHOWERS AND A FEW
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LINGERING ACROSS THE EASTCENTRAL PLAINS NEAR THE
EASTERN BORDER. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...OVER NORTHWESTERN NEW
MEXICO AT THE MOMENT...WILL MOVE TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST ACROSS NEW MEXICO
TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE AIRMASS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO REMAINS
UNSTABLE.
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND EAST OF THE NEW MEXICO
CENTRAL MOUNTAIN CHAIN DURING THE AFTERNOON AND WILL LIKELY CONTINUE
INTO TONIGHT ON THE EASTERN PLAINS. A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE
POSSIBLE.
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT IN EASTERN
NEW MEXICO.
JBGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 2, 6:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 60 min |
| Jun 2, 6:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 7:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 61 min |
| Jun 2, 7:40 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Quay, San Miguel | 35 min |
| Jun 2, 8:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 58 min |
| Jun 2, 8:56 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 49 min |
| Jun 2, 9:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 25 min |
| Jun 2, 9:36 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 69 min |
| Jun 2, 9:51 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 54 min |
| Jun 2, 10:07 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 68 min |
| Jun 2, 10:34 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 56 min |
| Jun 2, 11:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 51 min |
| Jun 2, 11:37 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 1:16 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 59 min |
| Jun 3, 1:45 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 60 min |
| Jun 3, 1:14 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 1:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 1:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 2:18 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 2:29 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Union | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 2:34 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Harding | 26 min |
| Jun 3, 2:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 62 min |
| Jun 3, 2:48 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 27 min |
| Jun 3, 2:57 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Harding, Union | 33 min |
| Jun 3, 3:23 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 67 min |
| Jun 3, 3:52 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 68 min |
| Jun 3, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 4:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 61 min |
| Jun 3, 4:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 55 min |
| Jun 3, 5:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Quay | 62 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.