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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 211, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 10, 1997De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 10, 1997, 6:07 PM MDT for De Baca County, Guadalupe County, Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 68 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
Sep 10, 1997, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 1997, 7:15 PM MDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Baca County, NM, Guadalupe County, NM, Lincoln County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 177 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 1997-09-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 16 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 00:00Z on 1997-09-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 34 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
16 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-94 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2715 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
34 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 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 110008 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC027-011-019-110115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
607 PM MDT WED SEP 10 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
 
   ...WESTERN DE BACA COUNTY...SOUTHWESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
AT 607 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED STRONG TO SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST SOUTH OF VAUGHN TO 5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
YESO...MOVING SOUTH SOUTHEAST NEAR 10 MPH. THE TOWN OF RAMON IS
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM.
 
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
DON'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
Sep 10, 6:20 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln2 hr
Sep 10, 9:42 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca63 min
Sep 11, 4:51 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel29 min
Sep 11, 5:52 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel48 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.