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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 2, 1996Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 2, 1996, 7:40 PM MDT for Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 min. 2 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, 7:40 PM MDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 2, 1996, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 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, 8:07 PM MDTHail 1.75Tucumcari, NM
Jun 2, 8:15 PM MDTHail 1.75Tucumcari Arpt, 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1996-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -20 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3966 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 030144
TORABQ
NMC037-047-030215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
740 PM MDT SUN JUN 2 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...QUAY COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY

AT 740 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED A TORNADO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI
JUST NORTH OF ROUTE 104. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

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, 7:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt61 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.