Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1997, 8:57 PM MDT for San Miguel 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 30, 1997, 8:57 PM MDT (02:57 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1997, 10:00 PM MDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County San Miguel County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 9:04 PM MDT | Hail 1 | Las Vegas, 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, 3.0 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.
- 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
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
Local storm report, May 30, 7:45 PM MDT, 1 hour 12 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
GOLFBALLLocal storm report, May 30, 7:46 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 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
GOLFBALLSpecial weather statement, May 30, 8:17 PM MDT, 40 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, 35 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, 18 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, 17 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, 8:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 61 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
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.