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Tornado Warning 12, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 16, 1999Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1999, 5:32 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 16, 1999, 5:32 PM MDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1999, 6:05 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Sandoval County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 75 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1999-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 1999-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1546 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
142 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 162332 RRA
TORABQ
NMC043-170005-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
532 PM MDT WED JUN 16 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 605 PM MDT

* AT 529 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR AND SPOTTER
  REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF BERNALILLO
  OR 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF SANTA ANA PUEBLO... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
  10 MPH.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ARE MOVING TOWARDS... SANTA
  ANA PUEBLO. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS ARE BRIEF TORNADO
  TOUCHDOWNS ARE THE MAIN THREAT.

 WHEN A TORNADO THREATENS...MOVE TO A STORM SHELTER OR INTERIOR ROOM
 IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE
 HOMES FOR STURDY SHELTER OR FIND A NEARBY DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND
 COVER YOURSELF.

CSM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 1:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSandoval31 min
Jun 16, 3:18 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel, Santa Fe32 min
Jun 16, 3:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSanta Fe, Torrance50 min
Jun 16, 4:48 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance32 min
Jun 16, 5:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQTorrance65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.