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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 28, 1999Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1999, 7:47 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, San Miguel County, New Mexico. It was in force for 63 min. 3 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, 7:47 PM MDT (01:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1999, 8:50 PM MDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM, San Miguel County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 8:15 PM MDTTornado F0Newkirk, NM
Jun 28, 8:30 PM MDTHail 1Pintada, NM
Jun 28, 8:42 PM MDTTornado F0Vaughn, 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 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

000 
TTAA00 KABQ 290148 RRA
TORABQ
NMC019-037-047-290250-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WESTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  SOUTHEASTERN SAN MIGUEL COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 850 PM MDT

* AT 744 PM MDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 6 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF CONCHAS...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ARE MOVING TOWARDS...
  MONTOYA AND I-25 BETWEEN NEWKIRK AND TUCUMCARI.


IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK SHELTER NOW. GO TO THE
LOWEST FLOOR IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID OUTSIDE WALLS AND
WINDOWS. ABANDON MOBILE HOMES AND CARS FOR ANY STRONG NEARBY SHELTER.

CSM

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 28, 6:53 PM MDT, 54 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
653 PM MDT MON JUN 28 1999

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

0535 PM    LEVY                      NM   2 INCH HAIL
06/28/99   MORA                           BETWEEN GOLFBALL AND
                                          TENNIS BALL SIZE HAIL IN
                                          LEVY

0540 PM    DILIA                     NM   1 INCH HAIL
06/28/99   GUADALUPE                      QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN DILIA

0545 PM    WAGON MOUND               NM   1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/99   MORA                           GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL 2 MILES
                                          NORTH OF WAGON MOUND

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, 6:18 PM MDTTornado WarningABQSan Miguel47 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, 7:49 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.