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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 25, 1999Roosevelt County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 1999, 9:31 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 29 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 25, 1999, 9:31 PM MDT (03:31 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 1999, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Roosevelt County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 9:50 PM MDTHail 1Dora, NM
May 25, 10:10 PM MDTHail 2.5Rogers, 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 nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 3.5 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 00:00Z on 1999-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 641 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 00:00Z on 1999-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 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
641 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-30 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1299 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
61 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
241 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
4.8

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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 25, 7:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NMZ019-260145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
730 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 327 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHAVES COUNTY.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED ON TO THE NORTHEAST.

CHJ
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
NMZ019-260145-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
730 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 327 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHAVES COUNTY.
THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED ON TO THE NORTHEAST.

CHJ
Local storm report, May 25, 7:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
732 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    5 W PORTALES              NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   ROOSEVELT                      REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          SPOTTER

0632 PM    GLENRIO                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   QUAY                           OBSERVER REPORTED PEA TO
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL

0634 PM    3 W PORTALES              NM   1 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   ROOSEVELT                      REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE

0648 PM    PORTALES                  NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   ROOSEVELT                      GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          POLICE DEPT.

0650 PM    DILIA                     NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   GUADALUPE
Local storm report, May 25, 7:32 PM MDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
732 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0630 PM    5 W PORTALES              NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   ROOSEVELT                      REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
                                          SPOTTER

0632 PM    GLENRIO                   NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   QUAY                           OBSERVER REPORTED PEA TO
                                          DIME SIZE HAIL

0634 PM    3 W PORTALES              NM   1 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   ROOSEVELT                      REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
                                          EMPLOYEE

0648 PM    PORTALES                  NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   ROOSEVELT                      GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BY
                                          POLICE DEPT.

0650 PM    DILIA                     NM   .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99   GUADALUPE
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:07 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
NMZ012-013-018-020-021-260340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
907 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH (NUMBER 327) HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN
ROOSEVELT COUNTY...BUT WILL EXIT THE STATE AROUND 930 PM. NO
FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER 930 PM.

CHJ
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:07 PM MDT, 24 minutes before
NMZ012-013-018-020-021-260340-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
907 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH (NUMBER 327) HAS BEEN ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN
ROOSEVELT COUNTY...BUT WILL EXIT THE STATE AROUND 930 PM. NO
FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER 930 PM.

CHJ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 6:22 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay33 min
May 25, 6:32 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt63 min
May 25, 6:40 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca50 min
May 25, 7:01 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe64 min
May 25, 8:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca20 min
May 25, 8:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt35 min
May 25, 9:51 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt29 min
May 25, 10:20 PM MDTTornado WarningABQRoosevelt25 min
May 26, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQLincoln49 min
May 26, 3:39 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel46 min
May 26, 4:16 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQRoosevelt44 min
May 26, 4:59 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQCurry, Roosevelt46 min
May 26, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay35 min
May 26, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQHarding23 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.