Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1998
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1998, 1:50 PM MDT for Sandoval 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
- Oct 1, 1998, 1:50 PM MDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 1, 1998, 2:50 PM MDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sandoval County, NM
The radar
The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 60 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 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, 7.8 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 183 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -121 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1187 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 151 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 153 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 10:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-020000- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1055 AM MDT WED SEP 30 1998 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE AREA AS WELL PRODUCING FLOODING OF ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD FROM UTAH TODAY. MODERATELY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH COPIUS AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS...MAY PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF NEW MEXICO THAT MAY HELP FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM AROUND 100 PM THROUGH 800 PM...ROUGHLY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF ALBUQUERQUE/S COUNTY WARNING AREA. COUNTIES WHERE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... ...EASTERN NEW MEXICO... UNION COLFAX MORA HARDING ROOSEVELT SAN MIGUEL QUAY CURRY DE BACA CHAVES ...CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... SANTA FE TORRANCE BERNALILLO LINCOLN SANDOVAL VALENCIA SOCORRO ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO... RIO ARRIBA TAOS LOS ALAMOS THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO. FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO< THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSELP CHJ
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 10:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-020000- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED DAY/DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1055 AM MDT THU OCT 1 1998 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE AREA AS WELL PRODUCING FLOODING OF ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD FROM UTAH TODAY. MODERATELY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH COPIUS AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS...MAY PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF NEW MEXICO THAT MAY HELP FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM AROUND 100 PM THROUGH 800 PM...ROUGHLY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF ALBUQUERQUE/S COUNTY WARNING AREA. COUNTIES WHERE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... ...EASTERN NEW MEXICO... UNION COLFAX MORA HARDING ROOSEVELT SAN MIGUEL QUAY CURRY DE BACA CHAVES ...CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... SANTA FE TORRANCE BERNALILLO LINCOLN SANDOVAL VALENCIA SOCORRO ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO... RIO ARRIBA TAOS LOS ALAMOS THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO. FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSELP CHJ
Special weather statement, Oct 1, 10:55 AM MDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-020000- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...CORRECTED DAY/DATE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1055 AM MDT THU OCT 1 1998 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE NORTHERN MOUNTAINS AND MIDDLE RIO GRANDE VALLEY EASTWARD TO THE NEW MEXICO BORDER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS ALSO A POSSIBILITY. OCCASIONAL HEAVY RAIN IS LIKELY OVER THE AREA AS WELL PRODUCING FLOODING OF ARROYOS...SMALL STREAMS AND URBAN AREAS. SYNOPSIS...AN UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL MOVE EASTWARD FROM UTAH TODAY. MODERATELY STRONG SOUTHWEST WINDS ALOFT WILL CONTINUE OVER THE STATE. THESE WINDS...COMBINED WITH COPIUS AMOUNTS OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND AN UNSTABLE AIR MASS...MAY PRODUCE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. AT THE SAME TIME...A COLD FRONT HAS MOVED INTO THE NORTHEAST QUARTER OF NEW MEXICO THAT MAY HELP FOCUS THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...MAY BE REQUIRED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING FROM AROUND 100 PM THROUGH 800 PM...ROUGHLY ACROSS THE EASTERN TWO-THIRDS OF ALBUQUERQUE/S COUNTY WARNING AREA. COUNTIES WHERE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... ...EASTERN NEW MEXICO... UNION COLFAX MORA HARDING ROOSEVELT SAN MIGUEL QUAY CURRY DE BACA CHAVES ...CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... SANTA FE TORRANCE BERNALILLO LINCOLN SANDOVAL VALENCIA SOCORRO ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO... RIO ARRIBA TAOS LOS ALAMOS THIS OUTLOOK PERTAINS TO THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO. FOR THE FAR SOUTHEAST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSMAF. FOR THE SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST NEW MEXICO THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK...SEE AFOS PRODUCT LBBSPSELP CHJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 30, 6:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 65 min |
| Oct 1, 12:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Cibola, McKinley, Sandoval | 62 min |
| Oct 1, 1:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Torrance | 61 min |
| Oct 1, 2:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Bernalillo | 61 min |
| Oct 1, 2:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Socorro, Valencia | 45 min |
| Oct 1, 3:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 61 min |
| Oct 1, 3:12 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Santa Fe | 63 min |
| Oct 1, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 61 min |
| Oct 1, 5:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 61 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.