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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 29, 1998Rio Arriba County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 1998, 4:12 PM MDT for Rio Arriba County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Sep 29, 1998, 4:12 PM MDT (22:12 UTC)
Expired
Sep 29, 1998, 5:15 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Rio Arriba County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 29, 4:20 PM MDTTornado F0Nutrias, NM

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 163 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

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

976 
WUUS1 KABQ 292214 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC039-292315-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
412 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RIO ARRIBA COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 515 PM MDT

* AT 411 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SPOTTER
  REPORTS INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH HIGH WIND AND
  LARGE HAIL 23 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHAMA OR 9 MILES NORTHWEST OF
  CANON PLAZA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM IS A THREAT TO PEOPLE IN REMOTE AREAS AND ON RURAL
  ROADS.

DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. FOR SHELTER...GO INSIDE A
STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

CSM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 29, 2:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
217 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0120 PM    ZUNI                      NM   .88 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   MCKINLEY

0146 PM    FARMINGTON                NM   .75 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   SAN JUAN                       1 MILE EAST OF DOWNTOWNT

0146 PM    NAVAJO DAM                NM   .88 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   SAN JUAN                       WEST SIDE OF LAKE
Local storm report, Sep 29, 2:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
217 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0120 PM    ZUNI                      NM   .88 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   MCKINLEY

0146 PM    FARMINGTON                NM   .75 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   SAN JUAN                       1 MILE EAST OF DOWNTOWNT

0146 PM    NAVAJO DAM                NM   .88 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   SAN JUAN                       WEST SIDE OF LAKE
Local storm report, Sep 29, 3:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
301 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0138 PM    WHITEWATER                NM   .75 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   MCKINLEY                       1 MILE SOUTH OF
                                          VANDERWAGEN
Local storm report, Sep 29, 4:04 PM MDT, 8 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
404 PM MDT TUE SEP 29 1998

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0315 PM    EL VADO                   NM   1 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   RIO ARRIBA                     HAIL FELL FOR 10 MINUTES
                                          REACHING A DEPTH OF 2
                                          INCHES.

0322 PM    ALAMO                     NM   .88 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   SOCORRO

0354 PM    MORIARTY                  NM   .88 INCH HAIL
09/29/98   TORRANCE

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, 2:05 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCatron, Cibola, Socorro60 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, 4:18 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.