Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 2:02 PM MDT for Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- May 15, 1997, 2:02 PM MDT (20:02 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1997, 3:05 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 15, 2:25 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Moriarty, NM |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 63 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
- 4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -308 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1934 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 15, 10:15 AM MDT, 3 hours 47 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- 160300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 1015 AM MDT THU MAY 15 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: AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF NEW MEXICO REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AIDED BY OUTFLOW FROM MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE EASTERN BORDER WILL HELP TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 10:17 AM MDT, 3 hours 45 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- 160300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 1015 AM MDT FRI MAY 17 1996 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: AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF NEW MEXICO REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AIDED BY OUTFLOW FROM MORNING THUNDERSTORMS A@LONG AND EAST OF THE EASTERN BORDER WILL HELP TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 11:11 AM MDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- 160300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 1015 AM MDT THU MAY 15 1996 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: AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF NEW MEXICO REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AIDED BY OUTFLOW FROM MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE EASTERN BORDER WILL HELP TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.
Special weather statement, May 15, 11:21 AM MDT, 2 hours 41 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026- 160300- SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK FOR NORTHERN TWO THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO 1015 AM MDT THU MAY 15 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: AIRMASS OVER THE EASTERN PORTION OF NEW MEXICO REMAINS VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE. IN ADDITION LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AIDED BY OUTFLOW FROM MORNING THUNDERSTORMS ALONG AND EAST OF THE EASTERN BORDER WILL HELP TRIGGER THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE EAST THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATER TODAY.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 9:50 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Quay | 60 min |
| May 14, 10:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 65 min |
| May 15, 12:20 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 45 min |
| May 15, 3:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 60 min |
| May 15, 3:10 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.