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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 1, 1998Santa Fe County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1998, 3:27 AM MDT for Santa Fe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 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 1, 1998, 3:27 AM MDT (09:27 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 1998, 4:30 AM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Santa Fe County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 76 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 446 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 00:00Z on 1998-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
446 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-117 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
79 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

618 
WUUS1 KABQ 010928
SVRABQ
NMC049-011030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
327 AM MDT WED JUL 1 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 430 AM MDT

* AT 323 AM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR AT
  ALBUQUERQUE INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE VICINITY OF
  SANTA FE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED BY THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE...SANTA FE...
TESUQUE...TESUQUE PUEBLO AND CHUPADERO.

MOVE NOW TO STURDY INDOOR SHELTER. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. AVOID
USING ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND TELEPHONES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion48 min
Jun 30, 7:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, San Miguel61 min
Jul 1, 3:07 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia58 min
Jul 1, 4:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe65 min
Jul 1, 4:50 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe60 min
Jul 1, 1:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro47 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.