Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 14, 1997De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 14, 1997, 10:10 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 65 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, 10:10 PM MDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
May 14, 1997, 11:15 PM MDT
In force
65 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, 4.2 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 1997-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3563 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 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.

849 
WUUS1 KABQ 150411 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC011-150515-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1010 PM MDT WED MAY 14 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...EASTERN DE BACA COUNTY
 
AT 1008 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY ALBUQUERQUE
DOPPLER RADAR 7 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF FORT SUMNER MOVING SOUTH AT
25 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...FORT SUMNER 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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWESTERN
QUAY COUNTY TILL 1050 PM MDT.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Quay60 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

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.