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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 19, 1998Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1998, 3:47 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 43 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
May 19, 1998, 3:47 PM MDT (21:47 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 1998, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Santa Teresa, NM (KEPZ), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 267 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 1998-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 101 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, Santa Teresa, NM at 12:00Z on 1998-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 130 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-308 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2740 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
130 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
127 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.

812 
WUUS1 KABQ 192149 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC005-192230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
347 PM MDT TUE MAY 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 345 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF ROSWELL OR 4
  MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF BITTER LAKES WILDLIFE REFUGE MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* PEOPLE IN REMOTE OR RURAL AREAS ARE THREATENED BY THIS STORM...
INCLUDING THOSE IN THE BITTER LAKE AND SALT CREEK WILDERNESS AREAS

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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.