Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 15, 1997, 3:10 PM MDT for Torrance 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 15, 1997, 3:10 PM MDT (21:10 UTC)
- Expired
- May 15, 1997, 4:10 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Torrance County, NM
The nearest sounding before it
Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
474 WUUS1 KABQ 152108 RRA SVRABQ NMC057-152300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 310 PM MDT THU MAY 15 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM UNTIL 410 PM MDT AND FLASH FLOOD WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL UNTIL 500 PM MDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO ...WESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY AT 305 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY ALBUQUERQUE DOPPLER RADAR 5 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF MC INTOSH MOVING SOUTHWEST AT 13 MPH. SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...TAJIQUE...TORREON AND MANZANO. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF THREE QUARTERS OF AN INCH IN LESS THAN A HALF HOUR. THEREFORE THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING HAS ALSO BEEN ISSUED. 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.
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, 4 hours 55 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, 4 hours 53 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, 3 hours 59 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, 3 hours 49 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, 2:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe, Torrance | 63 min |
| May 15, 3:10 PM MDT | Flash Flood 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.