Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 2, 1997San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1997, 5:45 PM MST for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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
Apr 2, 1997, 5:45 PM MST (00:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1997, 6:45 PM MST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County San Miguel County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 2, 6:42 PM MSTHail 0.75Conchas Dam, 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 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 1997-04-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-04-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 95 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3498 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 2, 5:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay60 min
Apr 2, 6:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay55 min
Apr 2, 6:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel60 min
Apr 2, 8:58 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel47 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.