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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 28, 1999San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1999, 6:18 PM MDT for San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 47 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 28, 1999, 6:18 PM MDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1999, 7:05 PM MDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County San Miguel County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 169 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 00:00Z on 1999-06-29Temperature 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 00:00Z on 1999-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4191 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
54 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.

222 
WFUS1 KABQ 290019 RRA
TORABQ
NMC047-290105-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 705 PM MDT

* AT 615 PM MDT... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM WITH A
  FUNNEL CLOUD AND NEARBY LARGE HAIL 38 MILES NORTHWEST OF CONCHAS
  OR 10 MILES NORTH OF MAES...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ARE MOVING TOWARDS...MAES.

A TORNADO MAY BE APPROACHING WHEN YOU SEE BLOWING DUST AND DEBRIS OR
FEEL SUDDEN WIND CHANGES. MOVE TO THE NEAREST STRONG BUILDING OR TAKE
SHELTER IN DITCH OR LOW AREA OFFERING PROTECTION FROM HIGH WINDS AND
DEBRIS.

CSM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 6:02 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca, Lincoln63 min
Jun 28, 6:44 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe66 min
Jun 28, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel66 min
Jun 28, 7:33 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQMora62 min
Jun 28, 7:47 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel63 min
Jun 28, 7:49 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca66 min
Jun 28, 8:06 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance64 min
Jun 28, 8:20 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel65 min
Jun 28, 8:44 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe61 min
Jun 28, 9:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Quay, San Miguel61 min
Jun 28, 9:45 PM MDTTornado WarningABQGuadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance65 min
Jun 28, 9:45 PM MDTTornado WarningABQDe Baca65 min
Jun 28, 10:31 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel64 min
Jun 28, 10:49 PM MDTTornado WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln66 min
Jun 29, 12:43 AM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, San Miguel57 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.