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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 30, 1996Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1996, 7:52 PM MDT for Curry County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 38 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
May 30, 1996, 7:52 PM MDT (01:52 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1996, 8:30 PM MDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Curry County, NM, Quay County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 165 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 1996-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 240 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 1996-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-264 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1344 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
218 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 310152
TORABQ
NMC009-310220-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
752 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHERN QUAY COUNTY
 
AT 752 PM MDT...A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS INDICATED BY CANNON AFB DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER
REPORTS 12 MILES EAST OF LOGAN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPALBE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL HAIL OR LARGER AND
SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE QUAY COUNTY LINE AROUND 830 PM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

KJ 

&
1 follow-up statement
000 
TTAA00 KABQ 310154 COR
TORABQ
NMC037-310220-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
752 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1996 ...CORRECTED FOR HEADER INFO.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHERN QUAY COUNTY

AT 752 PM MDT...A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH A POSSIBLE TORNADO
WAS INDICATED BY CANNON AFB DOPPLER RADAR AND SPOTTER
REPORTS 12 MILES EAST OF LOGAN MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 25-30 MPH.

THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING GOLFBALL HAIL OR LARGER AND
SHOULD MOVE EAST OF THE QUAY COUNTY LINE AROUND 830 PM.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

KJ

&

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

Local storm report, May 30, 7:37 PM MDT, 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
734 PM MDT THU MAY 30 1996

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0604 xPM    1 S FT SUMNER             NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/96   DE BACA                        STATE POLICE REPORT

0702 PM    12 W LOGAN                NM   TORNADO
05/30/96   QUAY                           SPOTTER REPORT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel60 min
May 30, 6:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Quay, Roosevelt60 min
May 30, 6:56 PM MDTTornado WarningABQHarding, Quay54 min
May 30, 7:07 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay58 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.