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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 7, 1998Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 7, 1998, 6:07 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 min. 7 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: Jun 7, 1998, 6:07 PM MDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 1998, 6:40 PM MDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

County Curry County, NM

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jun 7, 6:12 PM MDT	Thunderstorm Wind 58	Cannon Afb, NM
Jun 7, 6:13 PM MDT	Tornado F0	St Vrain, NM
Jun 7, 6:13 PM MDT	Hail 2.5	St Vrain, NM
Jun 7, 6:16 PM MDT	Hail 1.75	Clovis, NM
Jun 7, 6:18 PM MDT	Tornado F0	Clovis, NM
Jun 7, 6:28 PM MDT	Hail 2.75	Clovis, NM
Jun 7, 6:45 PM MDT	Hail 1	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
Jun 7, 4:30 PM MDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 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.

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: 459 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 627 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 312 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 312 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.2

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The text

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

860 
WFUS1 KABQ 080008 RRA
TORABQ
NMC009-080040-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 640 PM MDT

* AT 605 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A TORNADO IN THE VICINITY OF CLOVIS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS THREATENED BY THIS TORNADO ARE... CLOVIS... TEXICO
  AND PLEASANT HILL.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE
LOWEST FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND
MOBILE HOMES FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR
CULVERT.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 6:01 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Quay	49 min
Jun 7, 6:27 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Union	63 min
Jun 7, 6:37 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Curry	33 min
Jun 7, 7:29 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	46 min
Jun 7, 9:09 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax	31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.