Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Albuquerque, NM

Issued

Jul 5, 1997, 3:52 PM MDT (21:52 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 1997, 5:00 PM MDT

In force

68 min

Issued by

NWS Albuquerque, NM

Area

Whole counties

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Harding County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KABQ 052153
SVRABQ
NMC011-019-037-047-021-059-052300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
352 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN DE BACA COUNTY...GUADALUPE COUNTY
   ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN COUNTY...EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY
 
IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN HARDING COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM MDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS INDICATED BY
RADAR FROM CLAYTON TO CONCHAS LAKE TO 10 MILES NORTH OF SANTA ROSA.
THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 10 TO 15 MILES WIDE AND WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20-25 MPH.
 
IN ADDITION...RAPIDLY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN
GUADALUPE COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN DE BACA COUNTY WILL BECOME SEVERE
BY 415 PM.
 
SOME AFFECTED COMMUNITIES INCLUDE CLATYON...AMISTAD...NARA VISA...
TUCUMCARI...NEWKIRK...SANTA ROSA...CONCHAS LAKE STATE PARK...
SUMNER LAKE STATE PARK...AND FORT SUMNER.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...D"ESTRUCTIVE 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
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

In the hours before

NMZ001>021-026- 060300-
SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO
1000 AMD MDT SAT JUL 5 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:  WEAK UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE MOVING EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN NEW MEXICO MAY ACT TO ENCHANCE THE DEVELOPMENT OF
THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON WHERE THE
AIRMASS IS ALREADY MOIST AND UNSTABLE.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE NEW
MEXICO EASTERN PLAINS.

NMZ005-052100-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
233 PM MDT SAT JUL 5 1997

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN MORA COUNTY ISSUED AT
158 PM MDT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

THE THUNDERSTORM RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED AND NO
LONGER POSES A THREAT.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.