Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 30, 1997Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1997, 9:12 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 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, 9:12 PM MDT (03:12 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 1997, 10:15 PM MDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 310312 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC027-310415-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...NORTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 910 PM MDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY ALBUQUERQUE
DOPPLER RADAR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF RAMON MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF HAIL GREATER THAN TWO INCHES IN
DIAMETER.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...CIRCLE F RANCH.

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. PEOPLE 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

Special weather statement, May 30, 8:17 PM MDT, 55 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, 50 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, 33 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, 32 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.

Local storm report, May 30, 9:10 PM MDT, 2 minutes before

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

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

0825 PM    15 W YESO                 NM   1 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   DE BACA

0848 PM    17 S YESO                 NM   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   DE BACA

Local storm report, May 30, 9:12 PM MDT, 0 minutes before

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

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

0825 PM    15 W YESO                 NM   1 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   DE BACA

0848 PM    17 S YESO                 NM   2.5 INCH HAIL
05/30/97   DE BACA

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, 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 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.