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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 4, 1997Cibola County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jul 4, 1997, 2:49 PM MST for Cibola County, New Mexico. It was in force for 36 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 4, 1997, 2:49 PM MST (21:49 UTC)
Expired
Jul 4, 1997, 3:25 PM MST
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Cibola County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 28 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 12:00Z on 1997-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 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
28 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-461 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1640 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
50 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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 042147 RRA
TORABQ
NMC006-042225-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
349 PM MDT FRI JUL 4 1997

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 425 PM MDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN WEST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

   ...SOUTHERN CIBOLA COUNTY
 
AT 348 PM MDT...A POSSIBLE TORNADO WAS INDICATED BY ALBUQUERQUE
DOPPLER RADAR 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ACOMA PUEBLO MOVING EAST
SOUTHEAST AT 17 MPH. THE TORNADO IS CURRENTLY EXPECTED TO REMAIN
OVER RURAL AREAS.

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
Jul 3, 5:05 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe60 min
Jul 3, 5:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca61 min
Jul 3, 6:30 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca35 min
Jul 3, 6:43 PM MSTTornado WarningABQDe Baca32 min
Jul 3, 7:35 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves60 min
Jul 3, 8:08 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt62 min
Jul 4, 3:27 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro63 min
Jul 4, 4:24 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro56 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.