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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 30, 1998Chaves County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1998, 5:10 PM MDT for Chaves County, Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 60 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 30, 1998, 5:10 PM MDT (23:10 UTC)
Expired
Jul 30, 1998, 6:10 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chaves County, NM, Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 12:00Z, 11.2 hours before the alert went out and 255 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-07-30Temperature 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, Midland Regional, TX at 12:00Z on 1998-07-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2133 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
9 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 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.

510 
WUUS1 KABQ 302324 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC005-041-310010-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...retransmission
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
510 PM MDT THU JUL 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CHAVES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO
  ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 610 PM MDT

* AT 509 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF ROGERS TO ELIDA TO
  8 MILES NORTHWEST OF KENNA.  THIS LINE WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST
  AT 5 MPH.

* THESE STORMS ARE A THREAT TO PEOPLE IN...ROGERS...DORA AND ELIDA.

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. REMEMBER...SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 30, 2:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe63 min
Jul 30, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora50 min
Jul 30, 3:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLincoln113 min
Jul 30, 3:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax63 min
Jul 30, 3:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Torrance58 min
Jul 30, 4:24 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Harding, Mora, Union61 min
Jul 30, 4:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Torrance64 min
Jul 30, 4:40 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe2 hr
Jul 30, 5:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding, Union62 min
Jul 30, 5:43 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel62 min
Jul 30, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Quay61 min
Jul 30, 5:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca61 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.