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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 28, 1999Mora County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1999, 5:27 PM MDT for Mora County, New Mexico. It was in force for 33 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
Jun 28, 1999, 5:27 PM MDT (23:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1999, 6:00 PM MDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Mora County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 5:35 PM MDTHail 2.5Levy, NM
Jun 28, 5:45 PM MDTHail 1.75Wagon Mound, 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

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 184 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 1999-06-28Temperature 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 km15 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 1999-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 5 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2591 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
4 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.

288 
WFUS1 KABQ 282328 RRA
TORABQ
NMC033-290000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
527 PM MDT MON JUN 28 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN MORA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 600 PM MDT

* AT 526 PM MDT... DOPPLER RADAR AT ALBUQUERQUE INDICATED A TORNADO
  5 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAGON MOUND...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ARE MOVING TOWARDS... WAGON
  MOUND.


IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK INDOOR SHELTER NOW

CSM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 4:53 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora62 min
Jun 28, 5:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe61 min
Jun 28, 5:58 PM MDTTornado WarningABQMora37 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in New Mexico, 1999Every tornado warning in 1999Tornadoes 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.