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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 19, 1998Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1998, 5:25 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 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 19, 1998, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 1998, 6:10 PM MDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Sandoval County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 75 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 12:00Z on 1998-07-19Temperature 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1998-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -93 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
101 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-310 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2142 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 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 192325
SVRABQ
NMC043-200010-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
525 PM MDT SUN JUL 19 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 610 PM MDT

* AT 521 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF JEMEZ SPRINGS
  MOVING WEST SOUTHWEST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS DANGEROUS STORM IS MOVING TOWARDS...JEMEZ SPRINGS.

HEAVY RAIN FROM A THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE SUDDEN AND DANGEROUS
FLOODING IN ARROYOS...DITCHES AND OVER LOW WATER CROSSINGS.  DO NOT
DRIVE INTO FLOODED ROADS OR WADE INTO FLOODED DITCHES.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 5:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLos Alamos49 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.