Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 7, 1998Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 1998, 5:01 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 49 min. 3 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
Jun 7, 1998, 5:01 PM MDT (23:01 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 1998, 5:50 PM MDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Curry County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 5:30 PM MDTHail 1Melrose, NM
Jun 7, 5:45 PM MDTHail 3Melrose, NMHail ranged from 1 inch to 3 inches in diameter during a 17 minute period at Melrose.
Jun 7, 5:45 PM MDTHail 1.75Cannon Afb, 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 072301 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC009-072350-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
501 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 550 PM MDT

* AT 500 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 39 MILES WEST OF CLOVIS OR 15 MILES
  WEST OF MELROSE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS... MELROSE.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  MOVE
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS COULD BECOME
FLYING DEBRIS. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Roosevelt45 min
Jun 7, 4:41 PM MDTTornado WarningABQDe Baca44 min
Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDTTornado WarningABQQuay49 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.