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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 3, 1997De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jul 3, 1997, 7:43 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 32 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
Jul 3, 1997, 7:43 PM MDT (01:43 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1997, 8:15 PM MDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County De Baca County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 1997-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1997-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
5212 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
17 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
47 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 040142 RRA
TORABQ
NMC011-040215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
743 PM MDT THU JUL 3 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...SOUTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY
 
AT 741 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY DOPPLER RADAR 4
MILES SOUTH OF TAIBAN MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE TORNADO IS
CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN OVER RURAL AREAS.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SAFETY IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK REFUGE IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.n

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 6:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe60 min
Jul 3, 6:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca61 min
Jul 3, 7:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca35 min
Jul 3, 8:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves60 min
Jul 3, 9:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt62 min
Jul 4, 3:49 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCibola36 min
Jul 4, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro63 min
Jul 4, 5:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro56 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 1997Every tornado warning in 1997Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.