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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 1, 1998De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 1, 1998, 8:01 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 64 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, 8:01 PM MDT (02:01 UTC)
Expired
Oct 1, 1998, 9:05 PM MDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County De Baca County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 215 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 00:00Z on 1998-10-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 125 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 00:00Z on 1998-10-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 163 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
125 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-44 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
67 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
163 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

018 
WUUS1 KABQ 020203 RRA
SVRABQ
NMC011-020305-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
801 PM MDT THU OCT 1 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 905 PM MDT

* AT 759 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER OR
  NEAR DUNLAP MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THIS STORM IS A THREAT TO PEOPLE IN RANCH HOMES AND RURAL
  COMMUNITIES.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF...GOLFBALLS...AND WIND GUSTS TO...AT LEAST
60 MPH ARE LIKELY. SEEK SHELTER INDOORS.

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, Oct 1, 4:43 PM MDT, 3 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
443 PM MDT THU OCT 01 1998

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

0100 PM    MARQUEZ                   NM   1.25 INCH HAIL
10/01/98   CIBOLA

0244 PM    ALBUQUERQUE               NM   .75 INCH HAIL
10/01/98   BERNALILLO                     PEA AND DIME HAIL COVERING
                                          GROUND IN DOWNTOWN
                                          ALBUQUERQUE

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt64 min
Oct 1, 9:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt61 min
Oct 1, 9:07 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt88 min
Oct 1, 9:56 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt64 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.