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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 29, 1998Catron County, Cibola County, Socorro County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 1998, 2:05 PM MDT for Catron County, Cibola County, Socorro 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
Sep 29, 1998, 2:05 PM MDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1998, 3:05 PM MDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Catron County, NM, Cibola County, NM, Socorro County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 1998-09-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 423 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 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 1998-09-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
423 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1733 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
48 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 29, 1:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Juan65 min
Sep 29, 1:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMcKinley62 min
Sep 29, 2:13 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba62 min
Sep 29, 3:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, Socorro64 min
Sep 29, 3:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba61 min
Sep 29, 3:58 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe, Torrance62 min
Sep 29, 4:09 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCibola, Socorro, Valencia61 min
Sep 29, 4:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRio Arriba63 min
Sep 29, 4:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves62 min
Sep 29, 4:27 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval63 min
Sep 29, 5:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe64 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.