Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 8, 1997, 3:31 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 59 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
- May 8, 1997, 3:31 PM MDT (21:31 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 1997, 4:30 PM MDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Miguel County, NM
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 2:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 082129 RRA SVRABQ NMC047-082230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 331 PM MDT THU MAY 8 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO ...CENTRAL SAN MIGUEL COUNTY AT 330 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LARGE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES EAST SOUTHEAST OF THE LAS VEGAS AIRPORT MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER AND WILL AFFECT THE COMMUNITY OF TRUJILLO BY 430 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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, May 8, 9:43 AM MDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- 081545- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 945 AM MDT THU MAY 8 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: VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS STRONG SPRING SUNSHINE WARMS THE AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. IN ADDITION A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE SAGGING SOUTHWARD DOWN THE PLAINS TODAY. THESE FACTORS ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD OVER THE PLAINS. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TONIGHT AS STRONG EAST WINDS DEVELOP INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF NEW MEXICO/S CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGES EASTWARD OVER >THE PLAINS. MJF
Special weather statement, May 8, 9:45 AM MDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- 081545- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 945 AM MDT THU MAY 8 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: VERY MOIST AIRMASS IN PLACE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY UNSTABLE AS STRONG SPRING SUNSHINE WARMS THE AIR NEAR THE SURFACE. IN ADDITION A SLOW MOVING COLD FRONT WILL BE SAGGING SOUTHWARD DOWN THE PLAINS TODAY. THESE FACTORS ARE LIKELY TO LEAD TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF WIDELY SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS EASTWARD OVER THE PLAINS. LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE POSSIBLE OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT. WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND INCREASE TONIGHT AS STRONG EAST WINDS DEVELOP INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF NEW MEXICO/S CENTRAL MOUNTAIN RANGES EASTWARD OVER THE PLAINS. MJF
Special weather statement, May 8, 3:29 PM MDT, 2 minutes before
NMZ001>032-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 330 PM MDT THU MAY 8 1997 A MIX OF STRONG STORMS...WINDS...AND COOLER WEATHER FOR NEW MEXICO. AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDER STORMS AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES IN FROM THE WEST AND PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR SUSTAINING THE STORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO THE TEXAS BORDER. ONLY UNION AND COLFAX COUNTIES IN THE EAST ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND DESTABILIZED THE AIRMASS WILL PUSH WESTWARD INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BEFORE SUNSET. THE COMBINATION OF OUTFLOW FROM STORMS IN THE EAST AND RISING PRESSURES BEHIND THE COLDFRONT WILL RESULT IN STRONG EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND FOR THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS. GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS. WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES FURTHER TO THE WEST. LATER TONIGHT AS COOLER AIR FILTERS SOUTH AND THUNDERSTORMS WEAKEN... SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE SNOW LEVEL IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL DROP TO ABOUT 8000 FEET. HIGH COUNTRY HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. MJF/EAP
Special weather statement, May 8, 3:30 PM MDT, 1 minute before
NMZ001>032-090500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 330 PM MDT THU MAY 8 1997 A MIX OF STRONG STORMS...WINDS...AND COOLER WEATHER FOR NEW MEXICO. AN INCREASINGLY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN HALF OF NEW MEXICO WILL SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDER STORMS AS AN UPPER LEVEL TROUGH MOVES IN FROM THE WEST AND PROVIDES A FOCUS FOR SUSTAINING THE STORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT FOR MOST OF EASTERN NEW MEXICO FROM THE EAST SLOPES OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS TO THE TEXAS BORDER. ONLY UNION AND COLFAX COUNTIES IN THE EAST ARE EXCLUDED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS AND INTENSE RAIN ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVED SOUTH THROUGH EASTERN NEW MEXICO TODAY AND DESTABILIZED THE AIRMASS WILL PUSH WESTWARD INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY BEFORE SUNSET. THE COMBINATION OF OUTFLOW FROM STORMS IN THE EAST AND RISING PRESSURES BEHIND THE COLDFRONT WILL RESULT IN STRONG EAST WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH INTO THE RIO GRANDE VALLEY THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. A WIND ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE MIDDLE AND LOWER RIO GRANDE VALLEY AND FOR THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS. GUSTS ABOVE 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE ESPECIALLY ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE WEST SLOPES OF THE SANDIA/MANZANO MOUNTAINS...INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE FOOTHILLS. WEST OF THE CENTRAL MOUNTAINS...WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES FURTHER TO THE WEST. LATER TONIGHT AS COOLER AIR FILTERS SOUTH AND THUNDERSTORMS WEAKEN... SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TO PERSIST ACROSS EASTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO. THE SNOW LEVEL IN THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS WILL DROP TO ABOUT 8000 FEET. HIGH COUNTRY HIKERS AND OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY WET SNOW AT ELEVATIONS ABOVE 9000 FEET LATER TONIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING. ADDITIONAL STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS WILL BE ISSUED AS NEEDED LATER THIS EVENING. MJF/EAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 8, 1:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 48 min |
| May 8, 2:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora, San Miguel | 65 min |
| May 8, 3:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 40 min |
| May 8, 4:05 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 45 min |
| May 8, 4:15 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 50 min |
| May 8, 4:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 55 min |
| May 8, 5:38 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 47 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.