Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1996, 3:20 PM MDT for Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 1996, 3:20 PM MDT (21:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1996, 4:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Union County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 212 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
- 2108 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -147 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 327 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 022120 TORABQ NMC059-022200- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 320 PM MDT MON SEP 2 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...UNION COUNTY AT 310 PM THE PUBLIC REPORT A TORNADO 10 MILES NORTH OF GRENVILLE. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 5-10 MPH. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Sep 2, 12:04 PM MDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before
KSZ073-097-101-MOZ055>058-066>071-077>083-088>098-101>106-031800- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SPRINGFIELD MO 100 PM CDT MON SEP 02 1996 THE FOLLOWING OUTLOOK CONTAINS INFORMATION FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHEAST KANSAS BOURBON CHEROKEE CRAWFORD IN SOUTHWEST AND CENTRAL MISSOURI BARRY DALLAS LACLEDE OREGON STONE BARTON DENT LAWRENCE OZARK TANEY BENTON DOUGLAS MARIES PHELPS TEXAS CAMDEN GREENE MCDONALD POLK VERNON CEDAR HICKORY MILLER PULASKI WEBSTER CHRISTIAN HOWELL MORGAN SHANNON WRIGHT DADE JASPER NEWTON ST CLAIR . ...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS... A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM OVER SOUTHEAST ARKANSAS...WILL BE THE CULPRIT TO TRIGGER SCATTERED SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER THE NEXT 12 TO 24 HOURS. THE LOW...WHICH HAS MOVED ABOUT 150 MILES NORTHEAST SINCE YESTERDAY...WILL FOCUS MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION OVER THE EASTERN AND CENTRAL SECTIONS OF THE AREA THRU MIDNIGHT. HOWEVER...WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEASTERN AREAS OVERNIGHT. THE LOW HAS PUMPED A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF MOISTURE AND TOGETHER WITH AFTERNOON HEATING AND COLD AIR ALOFT...WILL BRING THE ISOLATED THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. HAIL UP TO 1 INCH CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE STRONGEST OF STORMS. HOWEVER...MOST SEVERE PARAMETERS ARE NOT IN PLACE...SO ONLY A VERY SMALL NUMBER OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL BECOME SEVERE. MOST AREAS THAT RECEIVE RAINFALL...WILL GET LESS THAN 1/2 OF AN INCH. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD PRODUCE UP TO 1 AND 1/2 INCHES. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS WILL BE SHORT LIVED. THEY WILL POP UP...DISSIPATE AND REFORM AGAIN. WHEN INDIVIDUAL STORMS...DISSIPATE OR COLLAPSE...A FvEW AREAS MAY EXPERIENCE SOME BRIEF STRONG AND GUSTY WINDS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR INDIVIDUAL STORM REPORTS. GORDON
Special weather statement, Sep 2, 3:02 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
NMZ007-022200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 303 PM MDT MON SEP 2 1996 AT 250 PM THE CLAYTON PD RECEIVED SEVERAL REPORTS OF A FUNNEL CLOUD 10 MILES NORTH OF GRENVILLE. RADAR SHOWS THAT THE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE GRENVILLE AREA ARE BEGINNING TO DIMINISH. THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE OVER UNION COUNTY THROUGH LATE THIS AFTERNOON...WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. &z
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 5:58 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 62 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.