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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 24, 1999Cibola County, Valencia County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1999, 12:43 PM MST for Cibola County, Valencia County, New Mexico. It was in force for 62 min. 2 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: May 24, 1999, 12:43 PM MST (19:43 UTC)
Expired: May 24, 1999, 1:45 PM MST
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

Counties Cibola County, NM, Valencia County, NM

The radar

The Albuquerque radar (KABX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 24, 1:40 PM MST	Thunderstorm Wind 52	Belen, NM
May 24, 1:40 PM MST	Hail 1	Los Lunas, 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
May 24, 12:30 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, May 24, 8:24 AM MST, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 24, 8:24 AM MST, 4 hours 19 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 11:11 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	San Juan	64 min
May 24, 11:56 AM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	49 min
May 24, 1:08 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Valencia	62 min
May 24, 2:10 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Valencia	45 min
May 24, 2:51 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	59 min
May 24, 3:15 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	45 min
May 24, 3:26 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro, Valencia	49 min
May 24, 4:20 PM MST	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Quay	45 min
May 24, 4:52 PM MST	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Torrance	63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1999 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.