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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 30, 1997Guadalupe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1997, 7:16 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 64 min. 5 reports 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, 7:16 PM MDT (01:16 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1997, 8:20 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Guadalupe County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 30, 7:25 PM MDTHail 1.75Dilia, NM
May 30, 7:50 PM MDTHail 0.75Santa Rosa, NM
May 30, 7:55 PM MDTHail 1.75Dilia, NM
May 30, 7:55 PM MDTHail 1.75Santa Rosa, NM
May 30, 8:22 PM MDTHail 0.75Santa Rosa, NMDime hail covered the ground.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 30, 7:00 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 310116 RRA
TORABQ
NMC019-310220-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
716 PM MDT FRI MAY 30 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 820 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...WESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY
 
AT 715 PM MDT...A TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR
4 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF SANTA ROSA MOVING SOUTH AT AROUND 35 MPH.

SOME LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ARE...WESTERN
OUTSKIRTS OF SANTA ROSA...SAN IGNACIO.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO
BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SAFETY IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A
CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO
COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.

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, 7:49 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, 8:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel63 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

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.