Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 143, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1997, 6:24 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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
- Jul 3, 1997, 6:24 PM MDT (00:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1997, 7:25 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County De Baca County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:23 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 7:10 PM MDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Ft Sumner, NM | |
| Jul 3, 7:15 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Ft Sumner, 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, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 215 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 5212 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 26 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, Jul 3, 4:26 PM MDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:30 PM MDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:17 PM MDT, 7 minutes before
NMZ019-040130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 618 PM MDT THU JUL 3 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE ROSWELL AREA THROUGH 730 PM MDT. LOCAL RAINFALLS ALMOUNTING TO A HALF INCH...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WILL CHARACTERIZE THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH ROSWELL AND NEARBY COMMUNTIES.
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:18 PM MDT, 6 minutes before
NMZ019-040130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 618 PM MDT THU JUL 3 1997 THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THROUGH THE ROSWELL AREA THROUGH 730 PM MDT. LOCAL RAINFALLS AMOUNTING TO A HALF INCH...WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH...OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL WILL CHARACTERIZE THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH ROSWELL AND NEARBY COMMUNTIES.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 6:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 7:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 35 min |
| Jul 3, 7:43 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 32 min |
| Jul 3, 8:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 60 min |
| Jul 3, 9:08 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 62 min |
| Jul 4, 3:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Cibola | 36 min |
| Jul 4, 4:27 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 5:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro | 56 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.