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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Albuquerque, NM

September 30, 1998Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 30, 1998, 5:51 PM MDT for Bernalillo County, Santa Fe County, Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 64 min. 2 reports 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 30, 1998, 5:51 PM MDT (23:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 30, 1998, 6:55 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Bernalillo County, NM, Santa Fe County, NM, Torrance County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 30, 6:00 PM MDTHail 2Tajique, NM
Sep 30, 6:28 PM MDTHail 1Mc Intosh, 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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 1998-09-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 177 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 1998-09-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 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
177 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-109 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1059 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

195 
WUUS1 KABQ 302352 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC001-049-057-010055-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
551 PM MDT WED SEP 30 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHERN SANTA FE COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  NORTHWESTERN TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 655 PM MDT

* AT 550 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SPOTTER
  REPORTS INDICATED A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM WITH HIGH WIND AND
  LARGE HAIL 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EDGEWOOD MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT
  30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS THREATENED BY THIS SEVERE STORM INCLUDE... EDGEWOOD...
  MORIARTY AND STANLEY.

* THIS STORM WILL CROSS I-40 NEAR EDGEWOOD BY 615 PM.

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

CSM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 30, 3:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax, Mora61 min
Sep 30, 3:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Valencia63 min
Sep 30, 4:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance61 min
Sep 30, 4:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln, Torrance61 min
Sep 30, 4:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQBernalillo, Valencia58 min

Nearby

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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.