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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 99, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 7, 1997Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1997, 9:30 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 7, 1997, 9:30 PM MDT (03:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1997, 10:15 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Lincoln County, NM

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 5:00 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 00:00Z on 1997-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 21 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
21 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1727 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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 080329 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC027-080415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
930 PM MDT SAT JUN 7 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
 
   ...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY
 
AT 925 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF HONDO
NEAR ROUTE 395. MOVEMENT WAS NORTH AT 20 MPH. SOME COMMUNITIES IN THE
PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HONDO...LINCOLN AND SAN PATRICIO.
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WhITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca65 min
Jun 7, 10:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca49 min
Jun 7, 11:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe2 hr
Jun 7, 11:25 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves2 hr
Jun 7, 11:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe2 hr
Jun 7, 11:25 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves2 hr
Jun 7, 11:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay55 min
Jun 8, 12:24 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt26 min
Jun 8, 12:58 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay, Roosevelt57 min
Jun 8, 3:00 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQHarding3 hr

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.