Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1997, 3:23 PM MST for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 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
- Apr 2, 1997, 3:23 PM MST (22:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1997, 4:25 PM MST
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Quay County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:27 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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 2:30 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 427 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -232 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1065 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 199 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
284 WUUS1 KABQ 022327 SVRABQ NMC037-030025- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 423 PM MDT WED APR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 525 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...WESTERN QUAY COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING... PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.
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, Apr 2, 10:44 AM MST, 4 hours 39 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- DDHHMM- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 1045 AM MST WED APR 2 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO: BERNALILLO GUADALUPE RIO ARRIBA SOCORRO CATRON HARDING ROOSEVELT TAOS CHAVES LINCOLN SANDOVAL TORRANCE CIBOLA LOS ALAMOS SAN JUAN QUAY COLFAX MCKINLEY SAN MIGUEL UNION CURRY MORA SANTA FE VALENCIA DE BACA SYNOPSIS: A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOCATED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW INTO NEW MEXICO. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS COUPLED WITH AN INCREASING UNSTBLE AIRMASS COULD LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE. COLD FROONT OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO COULD ACT AS FOCUS AND MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE PLAINS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MM
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:45 AM MST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- DDHHMM- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 1045 AM MST WED APR 2 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO: BERNALILLO GUADALUPE RIO ARRIBA SOCORRO CATRON HARDING ROOSEVELT TAOS CHAVES LINCOLN SANDOVAL TORRANCE CIBOLA LOS ALAMOS SAN JUAN QUAY COLFAX MCKINLEY SAN MIGUEL UNION CURRY MORA SANTA FE VALENCIA DE BACA SYNOPSIS: A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOCATED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW INTO NEW MEXICO. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS COUPLED WITH AN INCREASING UNSTBLE AIRMASS COULD LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE. COLD FROONT OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO COULD ACT AS FOCUS AND MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE PLAINS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MM
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 10:45 AM MST, 4 hours 38 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- DDHHMM- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO..CORRECTION 1045 AM MST WED APR 2 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO: BERNALILLO GUADALUPE RIO ARRIBA SOCORRO CATRON HARDING ROOSEVELT TAOS CHAVES LINCOLN SANDOVAL TORRANCE CIBOLA LOS ALAMOS SAN JUAN QUAY COLFAX MCKINLEY SAN MIGUEL UNION CURRY MORA SANTA FE VALENCIA DE BACA SYNOPSIS: A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOCATED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW INTO NEW MEXICO. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS COUPLED WITH AN INCREASING UNSTBLE AIRMASS COULD LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE. A COLD FROONT OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO COULD ACT AS A FOCUS AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE PLAINS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MM
Special weather statement, Apr 2, 11:11 AM MST, 4 hours 12 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- DDHHMM- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO..CORRECTION 1045 AM MST WED APR 2 1997 THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NEW MEXICO: BERNALILLO GUADALUPE RIO ARRIBA SOCORRO CATRON HARDING ROOSEVELT TAOS CHAVES LINCOLN SANDOVAL TORRANCE CIBOLA LOS ALAMOS SAN JUAN QUAY COLFAX MCKINLEY SAN MIGUEL UNION CURRY MORA SANTA FE VALENCIA DE BACA SYNOPSIS: A STRONG UPPER LEVEL SYSTEM LOCATED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA COAST WILL HELP TO MAINTAIN A MODERATE TO STRONG SOUTHERLY SURFACE FLOW INTO NEW MEXICO. SUFFICIENT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE OVER THE EASTERN PLAINS COUPLED WITH AN INCREASING UNSTBLE AIRMASS COULD LEAD TO THE FORMATION OF AFTERNOON AND EVENING THUNDERSTORMS SOME POSSIBLE SEVERE. A COLD FROONT OVER NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO COULD ACT AS A FOCUS AS MOISTURE CONTINUES TO SPREAD NORTH THROUGH THE PLAINS. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. MM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2, 3:45 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 45 min |
| Apr 2, 4:56 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 59 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.