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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 30, 1997San Miguel County, New Mexico

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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 9:04 PM MDTHail 1Las 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1997-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 86 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 1997-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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
                                          GOLFBALL
Local 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
                                          GOLFBALL
Special 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax63 min
May 30, 6:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel61 min
May 30, 7:16 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe64 min
May 30, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca61 min
May 30, 8:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe58 min
May 30, 8:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca61 min
May 30, 9:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel60 min
May 30, 9:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln63 min
May 31, 5:28 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba, Taos47 min
May 31, 5:41 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora49 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.