Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1997, 8:35 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
- Jul 3, 1997, 8:35 PM MDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1997, 9:35 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chaves County, NM
The radar
The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:36 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 nearest sounding before it
Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 264 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
- 765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2358 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 4 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 100 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 040237 RRA SVRABQ NMC005-040335- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 835 PM MDT THU JUL 3 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 935 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...NORTHERN CHAVES COUNTY AT 830 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR FROM 23 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL TO 2O MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF KENNA. THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS 10 TO 15 MILES WIDE AND IS MOVING TOWARDS THE SOUTH AND SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF SEVERE STORMS WILL REACH U.S. HIGHWAY 70 BETWEEN 900 PM AN 915 PM AND AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF ELKINS. THUNDERSTORMS MAY PROPOGATE SOUTHWEST INTO THE ROSWELL AREA AFTER 915 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVYx 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.
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, 4 hours 9 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 4:30 PM MDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 6:17 PM MDT, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 17 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, 6:24 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 61 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.