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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 30, 1997Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1997, 8:49 PM MDT for Chaves County, De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 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 30, 1997, 8:49 PM MDT (02:49 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1997, 9:50 PM MDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, De Baca County, NM

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
May 30, 7:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 239 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 86 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 3358 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 7 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.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 310249 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC005-011-310350-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
849 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 950 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...WESTERN DE BACA COUNTY
 
AT 845 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR
AND SPOTTER REPORTS 12 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF YESO MOVING SOUTH AT
AROUND 30 MPH. THIS STORM WILL APPROACH THE TOWN OF MESA IN
NORTHWESTERN CHAVES COUNTY BETWEEN 930 AND 945 PM. THIS STORM HAS A
HISTORY OF GOLFBALL TO TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL ...INTENSE LIGHTNING...
HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG WINDS.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING. PE|OPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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, May 30, 7:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
745 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

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

0652 PM    CIMARRON                  NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   COLFAX                         MARBLE TO DIME SIZE
                                          COVERING THE GROUND TO 1
                                          INCH DEEP

0712 PM    SANTA ROSA                NM   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE

0725 PM    DILIA                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE                      REPORTED LARGER THAN
                                          GOLFBALL

Local storm report, May 30, 7:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
745 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

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

0652 PM    CIMARRON                  NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   COLFAX                         MARBLE TO DIME SIZE
                                          COVERING THE GROUND TO 1
                                          INCH DEEP

0712 PM    SANTA ROSA            v    NM   1.5 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE

0725 PM    DILIA                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE                      REPORTED LARGER THAN
                                          GOLFBALL

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:17 PM MDT, 32 minutes before

NMZ005-013-310300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
817 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

THAT PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 362 WHICH INCLUDES
SAN MIGUEL AND QUAY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...BUT CONTINUES IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF
THE CLEARED COUNTIES...BUT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE FOR SAN MIGUEL AND QUAY COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR SHORTLY
THEREAFTER.

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:22 PM MDT, 27 minutes before

NMZ005-013-310300-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
817 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

THAT PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 362 WHICH INCLUDES
SAN MIGUEL AND QUAY COUNTIES HAS BEEN CANCELLED...BUT CONTINUES IN
EFFECT FOR AREAS TO THE SOUTH. THE STRONGEST STORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF
THE CLEARED COUNTIES...BUT A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL
POSSIBLE FOR SAN MIGUEL AND QUAY COUNTIES UNTIL MIDNIGHT OR SHO$RTLY
THEREAFTER.

Local storm report, May 30, 8:39 PM MDT, 10 minutes before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
839 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

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

0755 PM    15 NW YESO                NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE

0815 PM    8 E YESO                  NM   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   DE BACA                        BILLIARD BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          DAMAGED CAR WINDOWS.

0750 PM    17 W SANTA ROSA           NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE                      1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL
                                          COVERED GROUND.

Local storm report, May 30, 8:40 PM MDT, 9 minutes before

STORM REPORT CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
839 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

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

0755 PM    15 NW YESO                NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE

0815 PM    8 E YESO                  NM   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   DE BACA                        BILLIARD BALL SIZE HAIL
                                          DAMAGED CAR WI\NDOWS.

0750 PM    17 W SANTA ROSA           NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   GUADALUPE                      1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL
                                          COVERED GROUND.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 6:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	63 min
May 30, 6:39 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe, San Miguel	61 min
May 30, 7:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	64 min
May 30, 7:49 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	61 min
May 30, 8:22 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Guadalupe	58 min
May 30, 8:57 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	63 min
May 30, 9:00 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Miguel	60 min
May 30, 9:12 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Lincoln	63 min
May 31, 5:28 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Rio Arriba, Taos	47 min
May 31, 5:41 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Mora	49 min

Nearby

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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.