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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 26, 1998Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 26, 1998, 4:48 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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, 4:48 PM MDT (22:48 UTC)
Expired
May 26, 1998, 5:35 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Roosevelt County, NM

The radar

The Cannon AFB radar (KFDX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:47 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 26, 4:15 PM MDTTornado WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 211 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 356 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 12:00Z on 1998-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
356 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
885 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

117 
WFUS1 KABQ 262249 RRA
TORABQ
NMC041-262335-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
448 PM MDT TUE MAY 26 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 535 PM MDT

* AT 445 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 32 MILES SOUTH SOUTHWEST OF PORTALES OR 13 MILES WEST
  SOUTHWEST OF PEP MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* PEOPLE IN RANCH HOMES AND ON RURAL ROADS ARE THREATENED BY THIS
  TORNADO. A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED BY SHERIFFS DEPUTIES WITH
  THIS STORM SOUTHEAST OF KENNA.


PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO SHOULD SEEK SHELTER NOW

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 26, 3:08 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt47 min
May 26, 3:50 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt50 min
May 26, 4:02 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt48 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.