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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 4, 1998Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Aug 4, 1998, 7:19 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 46 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
Aug 4, 1998, 7:19 PM MDT (01:19 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1998, 8:05 PM MDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Quay County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 4, 7:29 PM MDTTornado F0San Jon, NMA brief tornado touchdown was noted by several observers.

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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 00:00Z on 1998-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 3 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-81 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1709 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
3 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 050119 RRA
TORABQ
NMC037-050205-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
719 PM MDT TUE AUG 4 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 805 PM MDT

* AT 716 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SPOTTER
  REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO 19 MILES EAST OF TUCUMCARI OR 8 MILES
  NORTH NORTHWEST OF SAN JON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ARE MOVING TOWARDS... SAN JON.


IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDINGS OR FIND A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD.


 
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.