Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1998
Tornado Warning 15, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Oct 30, 1998, 4:30 PM MST for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 45 min. 4 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
- Oct 30, 1998, 4:30 PM MST (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 30, 1998, 5:15 PM MST
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Curry County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 4:45 PM MST | Hail 1.25 | Ranchvale, NM | |
| Oct 30, 4:45 PM MST | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Ranchvale, NM | |
| Oct 30, 5:00 PM MST | Hail 2.75 | Clovis, NM | |
| Oct 30, 5:03 PM MST | Tornado F0 | Clovis, 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 watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 2:15 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
| Oct 30, 3:45 PM MST | Tornado Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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
- 226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -130 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 783 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 108 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 115 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 302329 TORABQ NMC009-310015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 430 PM MST FRI OCT 30 1998 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 515 PM MST * AT 427 PM MST... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 13 MILES NORTHWEST OF CLOVIS OR 5 MILES WEST OF RANCHVALE... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. * LOCATIONS THREATENED BY THIS TORNADO INCLUDE... RANCHVALE... CLOVIS AND PLEASANT HILL. A SPOTTER REPORTED THAT THE CLOVIS POLICE DEPARTMENT WAS REPORTING A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK INDOOR SHELTER NOW! IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDINGS OR FIND A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 30, 1:54 PM MST, 2 hours 36 minutes before
NMZ001>021-026-310300- SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 154 PM MST FRI OCT 30 1998 SEVERE WEATHER THREAT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN TWO-THIRDS OF NEW MEXICO FOR THE REMAINDER OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT AREA IS SOUTH OF A LINE FROM GALLUP...TO ALBUQUERQUE...CLINES CORNERS AND TUCUMCARI. SYNOPSIS...MOISTURE IS STREAMING NORTHWARD ACROSS NEW MEXICO...WHILE A STORM IS MOVING IN FROM THE WEST. THIS WILL RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...SOME OF WHICH WILL BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL IS THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH DAMAGING WIND ALSO A POSSIBILITY. SPOTTER ACTIVATION...MAY BE REQUIRED ANYWHERE THROUGH 800 PM. COUNTIES WHERE SPOTTERS MAY BE REQUIRED... ...EASTERN NEW MEXICO... NONE UNION HARDING QUAY CURRY ROOSEVELT COLFAX MORA SAN MIGUEL GUADALUPE DEBACA CHAVES ...CENTRAL NEW MEXICO... NONE SANTA FE TORRANCE LINCOLN BERNALILLO SANDOVAL VALENCIA SOCORRO ...WESTERN AND NORTHERN NEW MEXICO... NONE SAN JUAN MCKINLEY CIBOLA CATRON 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 FCSTR/CHJ
Local storm report, Oct 30, 4:21 PM MST, 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
521 PM MDT FRI OCT 30 1998
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0450 PM YESO NM .75 INCH HAIL
10/30/98 DE BACA
0500 PM MELROSE NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
10/30/98 CURRY `
0510 PM MELROSE NM 2.75 INCH HAIL
10/30/98 CURRYThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 30, 4:09 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 61 min |
| Oct 30, 8:54 AM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 1:31 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca | 49 min |
| Oct 30, 1:57 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 2:42 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 2:55 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 50 min |
| Oct 30, 3:15 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 50 min |
| Oct 30, 3:44 PM MST | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Curry | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 3:52 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 43 min |
| Oct 30, 4:02 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 48 min |
| Oct 30, 4:34 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 46 min |
| Oct 30, 4:54 PM MST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 46 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 1998Every tornado warning in 1998Tornadoes 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.