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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 166, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 28, 1997Bernalillo County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 28, 1997, 1:26 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, New Mexico. It was in force for 2 hr. 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
Jul 28, 1997, 1:26 PM MDT (19:26 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1997, 3:30 PM MDT
In force
2 hr
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Bernalillo County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 1:30 PM MDTHail 0.75Albuquerque, 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 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 6 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1997-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 38 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1997-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
38 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-130 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1288 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 281929 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC001-282130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
126 PM MDT MON JUL 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM EFFECTIVE 230 PM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...BERNALILLO COUNTY
 
AT 123 PM MDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE ALBUQUERQUE AIRPORT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTH NORTHWEST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
 
HEAVY RAINS OF A THIRD OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN 20 MINUTES HAVE
BEEN REPORTED OVER THE NORTHEAST HEIGHTS OF ALBUQUERQUE.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS 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
JDON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 1:26 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQBernalillo2 hr
Jul 28, 2:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance60 min
Jul 28, 2:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay61 min
Jul 28, 2:34 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion56 min

Nearby

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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.