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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 104, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 30, 1998Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 30, 1998, 3:52 PM MST for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 min. 1 report 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
Oct 30, 1998, 3:52 PM MST (22:52 UTC)
Expired
Oct 30, 1998, 4:35 PM MST
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Oct 30, 4:36 PM MSTHail 0.75Roswell, NM

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
Oct 30, 2:15 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr
Oct 30, 3:45 PM MSTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, Oct 30, 1:54 PM MST, 1 hour 58 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-310300-

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
154 PM MST FRI OCT 30 1998

SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS
ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM GALLUP...TO ALBUQUERQUE...CLINES CORNERS AND TUCUMCARI.

SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE IS STREAMING NORTHWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO...WHILE
A STORM IS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS
THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL
IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WIND
ALSO A POSSIBILITY.

SPOTTER ACTIVATION...MAY BE REQUIRED ANYWHERE THROUGH 800 PM.

COUNTIES WHERE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED...
...EASTERN NEW MEXICO...
NONE
UNION       HARDING     QUAY        CURRY       ROOSEVELT
COLFAX      MORA        SAN MIGUEL
GUADALUPE   DEBACA      CHAVES

...CENTRAL NEW MEXICO...
NONE
SANTA FE    TORRANCE    LINCOLN
BERNALILLO  SANDOVAL    VALENCIA    SOCORRO

...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO...
NONE
SAN JUAN    MCKINLEY   CIBOLA      CATRON
RIO ARRIBA  TAOS        LOS ALAMOS

THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO.
FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS
PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO
THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSELP

FCSTR/CHJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 30, 4:09 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe61 min
Oct 30, 8:54 AM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry46 min
Oct 30, 1:31 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca49 min
Oct 30, 1:57 PM MSTTornado WarningABQDe Baca48 min
Oct 30, 2:42 PM MSTTornado WarningABQDe Baca48 min
Oct 30, 2:55 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln50 min
Oct 30, 3:15 PM MSTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt50 min
Oct 30, 3:44 PM MSTTornado WarningABQCurry46 min
Oct 30, 4:02 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca48 min
Oct 30, 4:30 PM MSTTornado WarningABQCurry45 min
Oct 30, 4:34 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves46 min
Oct 30, 4:54 PM MSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca46 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1998Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1998

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.