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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 7, 1998De Baca County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1998, 4:41 PM MDT for De Baca County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 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: Jun 7, 1998, 4:41 PM MDT (22:41 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 1998, 5:25 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

County De Baca County, NM

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jun 7, 4:58 PM MDT	Hail 1.75	Taiban, 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
Jun 7, 4:30 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2069 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 76 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 270 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 265 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: -0.1

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The text

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

424 
WFUS1 KABQ 072242 RRA
TORABQ
NMC011-072325-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
441 PM MDT SUN JUN 7 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN DE BACA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 525 PM MDT

* AT 437 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO 12 MILES NORTH NORTHWEST OF FORT SUMNER OR 3 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF SUMNER LAKE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 430 PM MDT...GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL...2 INCHES DEEP...WAS REPORTED
BY A SPOTTER 4 MILES WEST OF SUMNER LAKE.

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

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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 12:48 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	32 min
Jun 7, 4:17 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Guadalupe	48 min
Jun 7, 4:35 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca, Roosevelt	45 min
Jun 7, 4:51 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay	49 min
Jun 7, 5:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Curry	49 min
Jun 7, 5:11 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay	49 min
Jun 7, 5:25 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry, Roosevelt	50 min

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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.