Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 7, 1998De Baca County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1998, 4:35 PM MDT for De Baca County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 7, 1998, 4:35 PM MDT (22:35 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1998, 5:20 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties De Baca County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 4:58 PM MDTHail 1.75Taiban, 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
Jun 7, 4:30 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 236 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-07Temperature 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 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 295 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
295 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
302 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 12:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion32 min
Jun 7, 4:17 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe48 min
Jun 7, 4:41 PM MDTTornado WarningABQDe Baca44 min
Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay49 min
Jun 7, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry49 min
Jun 7, 5:11 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay49 min
Jun 7, 5:25 PM MDTTornado WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.