Alert archive / New Mexico / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 29, 1999Chaves County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 29, 1999, 9:18 PM MDT for Chaves County, New Mexico. It was in force for 42 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
Apr 29, 1999, 9:18 PM MDT (03:18 UTC)
Expired
Apr 29, 1999, 10:00 PM MDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Chaves County, NM

The radar

The Holloman AFB radar (KHDX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Midland Regional, TX (KMAF), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 264 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-04-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1922 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, Midland Regional, TX at 00:00Z on 1999-04-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 91 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
1922 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
683 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
205 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.4
Supercell composite
7.4

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The text

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 29, 8:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves47 min
Apr 30, 1:24 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe3 hr
Apr 30, 1:24 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves3 hr
Apr 30, 4:26 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Quay3 hr
Apr 30, 8:54 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQChaves2 hr
Apr 30, 10:31 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Mora, Taos3 hr
Apr 30, 10:31 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel3 hr
Apr 30, 11:50 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQColfax, Mora, Taos3 hr
Apr 30, 11:50 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel3 hr
Apr 30, 5:08 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQGuadalupe112 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 1999Every 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.