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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 15, 1997Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 15, 2:25 PM MDTHail 0.75Moriarty, 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1997-05-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4 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 12:00Z on 1997-05-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 14, 9:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Quay60 min
May 14, 10:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca65 min
May 15, 12:20 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry45 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.