Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1997, 3:45 PM MST for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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, 3:45 PM MST (22:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 2, 1997, 4:30 PM MST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roosevelt County, NM
The radar
The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:32 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, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 022345 RRA SVRABQ NMC041-030030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 445 PM MDT WED APR 2 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...NORTHWESTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY AT 441 PM MST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOLAR MOVING NORTH AT 23 MPH. THIS STORM IS EXPECTED TO REMAIN IN RURAL AREAS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH... DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TTO 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, Apr 2, 10:44 AM MST, 5 hours 1 minute 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, 5 hours 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, 5 hours 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 34 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, 3:23 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 62 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.