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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 24, 1997Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1997, 1:52 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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 24, 1997, 1:52 PM MDT (19:52 UTC)
Expired: Apr 24, 1997, 2:25 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 264 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 958 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 629 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 798 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 241952 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC005-242025-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
152 PM MDT THU APR 24 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 225 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY
 
AT 149 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY ALBUQUERQUE
DOPPLER RADAR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROSWELL MOVING NORTHEAST AT
25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE JUNCTION OF ROUTE 20 AND 285
IN NORTHWEST CHAVES COUNTY BY AROUND 2 PM.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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 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

Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:35 AM MDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1035 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0850 PM    STANLEY                   NM   66 MPH TSTM GUST
04/23/97   SANTA FE                       DELAYED REPORT. ALSO PEA
                                          SIZE HAIL COVERED GROUND
                                          TO 2 INCHES DEEP.

1000 PM    PINTADA                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
04/23/97   GUADALUPE                      DELAYED REPORT.

KH

Local storm report, Apr 24, 10:45 AM MDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...DELAYED REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1035 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0850 PM    STANLEY                   NM   66 MPH TSTM GUST
04/23/97   SANTA FE                       DELAYED REPORT. ALSO PEA
                                          SIZE HAIL COVERED GROUND
                                          TO 2 INCHES DEEP.

1000 PM    PINTADA                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
04/23/97   GUADALUPE                      DELAYED REPORT.

KH

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 11:10 AM MDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

NMZ001>032-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
1110 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

...SNOW ADVISORY NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE JEMEZ AND THE
   SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TODAY...
...WIND ADVISORY OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEAR
   THE BORDER TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
SOUTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND BY EARLY SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE
LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MEXICO.  THIS
UPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A VARIETY OF SPRING AND WINTRY
WEATHER TO THE STATE.

SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR INCHES OR MORE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET.
FIFTEEN TO 25 MPH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS
OF NEW MEXICO.  THUS THE POSSIBILITY EXIST IN THIS AREA FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND LARGE HAIL.  CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE
AND COULD EVEN APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS OVER ISOLATED AREAS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO
BE OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST
BORDER.  WINDS WILL INCREASE STATEWIDE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 30 MPH
OVER THE NORTH AND EAST BUT WINDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE LOCALLY
STRONGER.  TWENTY-FIVE TO OVER 35 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL BORDER AREAS AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR TODAY.  THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND
AND DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE-MILE IN BLOWING SNOW AND SAND.

THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE STATE
UNTIL LATE SATURDAY AND THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
TO EFFECT THE STATES WEATHER INTO SUNDAY.  THUS LOWLAND RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE
NORTH WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE.  IT WILL BE
COOLER OVER THE EAST FRIDAY AND BREEZY SOUTH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY STILL CALLS FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.  BREEZY
AFTERNOONS WILL CONTINUE WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES 5 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL NORMS.  PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND IT WILL
BE A LITTLE WARMER IN THE AFTERNOON BUT STILL 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL AVERAGES.

MM

Special weather statement, Apr 24, 11:11 AM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before

NMZ001>032-250000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  ALBUQUERQUE NM
1110 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

...SNOW ADVISORY NORTHWEST MOUNTAINS INCLUDING THE JEMEZ AND THE
   SANGRE DE CRISTO MOUNTAINS TODAY...
...WIND ADVISORY OVER PARTS OF THE SOUTHCENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEAR
   THE BORDER TODAY...

A STRONG STORM SYSTEM LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST UTAH THIS MORNING WILL MOVE
SOUTH OVER THE NEXT 48 HOURS AND BY EARLY SATURDAY IS EXPECTED TO BE
LOCATED ACROSS SOUTHERN NEW MEXICO SOUTH INTO NORTHERN MEXICO.  THIS
UPPER SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO BRING A VARIETY OF SPRING AND WINTRY
WEATHER TO THE STATE.

SNOW IS FORECAST FOR THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS ABOVE 7500 FEET WITH SNOW
ACCUMULATIONS OF FOUR INCHES OR MORE OVER ELEVATIONS ABOVE 8000 FEET.
FIFTEEN TO 25 MPH WINDS ARE ALSO EXPECTED OVER THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS
CAUSING AREAS OF BLOWING SNOW AND CAUTION ON AREA LAKES.

THERE IS A SLIGHT TO MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST PARTS
OF NEW MEXICO.  THUS THE POSSIBILITY EXIST IN THIS AREA FOR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS WHICH COULD PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN
AND LARGE HAIL.  CONDITIONS ARE ALSO FAVORABLE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF
ISOLATED TORNADOES.  PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ANY SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM OR TORNADO WATCHES OR WARNINGS THAT MAY BE ISSUED THIS
AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING.

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED OVER THE REMAINDER OF THE STATE
AND COULD EVEN APPROACH SEVERE LEVELS OVER ISOLATED AREAS OF THE CENTRAL
AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE STATE BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL CONTINUE TO
BE OVER THE EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST ESPECIALLY NEAR THE SOUTHEAST
BORDER.  WINDS WILL INCREASE STATEWIDE THIS AFTERNOON TO 15 TO 30 MPH
OVER THE NORTH AND EAST BUT WINDS OVER THE SOUTHWEST WILL BE LOCALLY
STRONGER.  TWENTY-FIVE TO OVER 35 MPH WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED OVER THE
SOUTHWEST AND SOUTHCENTRAL BORDER AREAS AND A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT
FOR TODAY.  THE STRONG WINDS WILL CAUSE AREAS OF BLOWING DUST AND SAND
AND DRIVERS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SUDDEN CROSS WINDS AND REDUCED
VISIBILITIES TO BELOW ONE-MILE IN BLOWING SNOW AND SAND.

THE UPPER LEVEL STORM SYSTEM IS NOT EXPECTED TO MOVE EAST OF THE STATE
UNTIL LATE SATURDAY AND THE CIRCULATION AROUND THE SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE
TO EFFECT THE STATES WEATHER INTO SUNDAY.  THUS LOWLAND RAIN AND
MOUNTAIN SNOW SHOWERS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO FRIDAY NIGHT OVER THE
NORTH WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ELSEWHERE.  IT WILL BE
COOLER OVER THE EAST FRIDAY AND BREEZY SOUTH.

THE OUTLOOK FOR SATURDAY AND SUNDAY STILL CALLS FOR A CHANCE OF SHOWERS
AND THUNDERSTORMS WITH SNOW SHOWERS OVER THE HIGHER MOUNTAINS.  BREEZY
AFTEJRNOONS WILL CONTINUE WITH DAYTIME TEMPERATURES 5 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL NORMS.  PARTLY CLOUDY SKIES ARE FORECAST FOR MONDAY AND IT WILL
BE A LITTLE WARMER IN THE AFTERNOON BUT STILL 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW
SEASONAL AVERAGES.

MM

Local storm report, Apr 24, 11:24 AM MDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1124 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0620 PM    RAGLAND                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY                           CORRECTED REPORT

Local storm report, Apr 24, 11:32 AM MDT, 2 hours 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1124 AM MDT THU APR 24 1997

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0620 PM    RAGLAND                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY                           CORRECTED REPORT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 23, 7:10 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	35 min
Apr 23, 7:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Sandoval	62 min
Apr 23, 7:21 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	59 min
Apr 23, 7:56 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Santa Fe, Torrance	64 min
Apr 23, 8:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Sandoval	48 min
Apr 23, 9:13 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	47 min
Apr 23, 9:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	59 min
Apr 23, 10:52 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	68 min
Apr 23, 11:11 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	34 min
Apr 23, 11:51 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	69 min
Apr 24, 12:24 AM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	56 min
Apr 24, 5:06 PM MDT	Flash Flood Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	4 hr

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.