Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 2, 1997San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 2, 1997, 6:45 PM MST for San Miguel 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
Apr 2, 1997, 6:45 PM MST (01:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 2, 1997, 7:45 PM MST
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

025 
WUUS1 KABQ 030146 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC047-030245-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECRED FOR MST.
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
645 PM MST WED APR 2 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM MST
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY

AT 645 PM MST...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR
AND SPOTTER REPORTS 5 MILES SOUTH OF CONCHAS DAM MOVING
NORTH NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

AT 642 PM DIME HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CONCHAS DAM.  HAIL UP TO QUARTER
SIZE IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...CONCHAS DAM AND BELL
RANCH.

WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR
ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS
PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS.


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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

Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:08 PM MST, 37 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED /MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
608 PM MST WED APR 02 1997

TIME(MST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0520 PM    RAGLAND                   NM   .5 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY

0540 PM    SANTA ROSA                NM   .5 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   GUADALUPE

0556 PM    TUCUMCARI                 NM   1 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY
Local storm report, Apr 2, 6:09 PM MST, 36 minutes before
STORM REPORT CORRECTED /MOUNTAIN STANDARD TIME/
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
608 PM MST WED APR 02 1997

TIME(MST)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0520 PM    RAGLAND                   NM   .5 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY

0540 PM    SANTA ROSA                NM   .5 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   GUADALUPE

0556 PM    TUCUMCARI                 NM   1 INCH HAIL
04/02/97   QUAY

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, 5:45 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel60 min
Apr 2, 6:25 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay55 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.