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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 26, 1998Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 1998, 8:42 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 48 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
May 26, 1998, 8:42 PM MDT (02:42 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1998, 9:30 PM MDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 2:45 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr
May 26, 4:15 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 00:00Z on 1998-05-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2356 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1998-05-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
2356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-27 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1620 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 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.

608 
WUUS1 KABQ 270243 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC005-270330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
842 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 930 PM MDT

* AT 838 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 18 MILES NORTH OF ROSWELL OR 16 MILES NORTH
  NORTHWEST OF BITTER LAKES WILDLIFE REFUGE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT
  15 MPH.

* PEOPLE IN REMOTE OR RURAL AREAS AND MOTORISTS ALONG HIGHWAY 285 ARE
  THREATENED BY THIS STORM.


A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  MOVE
INDOORS AND AWAY FROM AREAS WHERE LOOSE ITEMS COULD BECOME
FLYING DEBRIS. BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

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, May 26, 7:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
717 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998

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

0435 PM    KENNA                     NM
05/26/98   ROOSEVELT                      FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF KENNA

0601 PM    MILNESAND                 NM   .5 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   ROOSEVELT                      SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS
                                          REPORTED WEST OF MILNESAND
                                          DURING THE PAST HOUR

0606 PM    25 SW TUCUMCARI           NM   1 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY

0606 PM    10 E TUCUMCARI            NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY                           DURING THE PAST HOUR ALONG
                                          I-40

0629 PM    LOGAN                     NM   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY

0635 PM    LOGAN                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY
Local storm report, May 26, 7:17 PM MDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
717 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998

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

0435 PM    KENNA                     NM
05/26/98   ROOSEVELT                      FUNNEL CLOUD EAST OF KENNA

0601 PM    MILNESAND                 NM   .5 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   ROOSEVELT                      SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS
                                          REPORTED WEST OF MILNESAND
                                          DURING THE PAST HOUR

0606 PM    25 SW TUCUMCARI           NM   1 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY

0606 PM    10 E TUCUMCARI            NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY                           DURING THE PAST HOUR ALONG
                                          I-40

0629 PM    LOGAN                     NM   .88 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY

0635 PM    LOGAN                     NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/26/98   QUAY

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 6:07 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt48 min
May 26, 6:12 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay48 min
May 26, 6:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding47 min
May 26, 8:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves39 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.