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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 14, 1997De Baca County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1997, 9:50 PM MDT for De Baca County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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 14, 1997, 9:50 PM MDT (03:50 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1997, 10:50 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Baca County, NM, Quay County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-15Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1997-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2253 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 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.

767 
WUUS1 KABQ 150351 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC011-037-150450-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
950 PM MDT WED MAY 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1050 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN QUAY COUNTY
 
AT 946 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR
15 MILES NORTHWEST OF HOUSE OR 22 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT
SUMNER MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...HOUSE...MC ALISTER AND
TAIBAN.

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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca65 min
May 15, 12:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry45 min
May 15, 2:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe, Torrance63 min
May 15, 3:10 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQTorrance60 min
May 15, 3:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance60 min

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.