Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 3, 1996, 2:34 PM MDT for Harding County, New Mexico. It was in force for 26 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, 2:34 PM MDT (20:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 3, 1996, 3:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Harding County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 2:50 PM MDT | Tornado F0 | 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, 8.6 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 032036 TORABQ NMC021-032100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 234 PM MDT MON JUN 3 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...EASTERN HARDING COUNTY AT 235 PM MDT RADAR SHOWED AND SPOTTERS CONFIRM A TORNADO ON THE GROUND JUST NORTH OF THE UNION/HARDING COUNTY LINE 4 MILES NORTHWEST OF HAYDEN. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTH A 25 MPH. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDXING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
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, Jun 3, 10:27 AM MDT, 4 hours 7 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 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, 2:43 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, 3:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 58 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 |
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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.