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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 23, 1997De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 23, 1997, 11:51 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 69 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 23, 1997, 11:51 PM MDT (05:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1997, 1:00 AM MDT
In force
69 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County De Baca County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 5.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1997-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 00:00Z on 1997-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 228 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1002 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
59 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

212 
WUUS1 KABQ 240550 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC011-240700-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1151 PM MDT WED APR 23 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  100 AM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHERN DE BACA COUNTY
 
AT 11:50 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM
EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY TO NORTHERN DEBACA COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ALONG ROUTE 84 BETWEEN FORT
SUMNER TO SUMNER LAKE.
 
 
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
DONT DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 7:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro35 min
Apr 23, 7:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Sandoval62 min
Apr 23, 7:21 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln59 min
Apr 23, 7:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe, Torrance64 min
Apr 23, 8:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval48 min
Apr 23, 9:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance47 min
Apr 23, 9:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe59 min
Apr 23, 10:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe68 min
Apr 23, 11:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance34 min
Apr 24, 12:24 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe56 min
Apr 24, 1:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves33 min
Apr 24, 5:06 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt4 hr

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.