Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 17, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1999, 8:44 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, New Mexico. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report 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, 8:44 PM MDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1999, 9:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Guadalupe County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:35 PM MDT | Hail 0.75 | Dilia, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 166 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KABQ 290246 RRA TORABQ NMC019-290345- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 844 PM MDT MON JUN 28 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... WESTERN GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 945 PM MDT * AT 842 PM MDT...RADAR AND SPOTTER REPORTS INDICATED A TORNADO 29 MILES WEST OF SANTA ROSA OR 15 MILES NORTH OF VAUGHN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO ARE MOVING TOWARDS...VAUGHN. 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.
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, 1 hour 51 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 MOUNDLocal storm report, Jun 28, 8:02 PM MDT, 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
802 PM MDT MON JUN 28 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0710 PM SANTA ROSA NM 1.5 INCH HAIL
06/28/99 GUADALUPE PING-PONG BALL HAIL 20
SOUTH OF SANTA ROSA - JUST
NORTH OF GUADALUPE BORDER
0726 PM CONCHAS DAM NM 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/99 SAN MIGUEL PEA TO QUARTER SIZE HAIL
JUST SOUTH OF TOWN OF
CONCHAS
0730 PM CONCHAS DAM NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/99 SAN MIGUEL GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN TOWN
OF CONCHASLocal storm report, Jun 28, 8:41 PM MDT, 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
841 PM MDT MON JUN 28 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0800 PM YESO NM 2.5 INCH HAIL
06/28/99 DE BACA GOLF BALL TO TENNIS BALL
SIZE HAIL IN YESO
0830 PM PINTADA NM 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/99 GUADALUPE QUARTER SIZE HAIL 10 MILES
WEST OF PINTADAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 6:02 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, De Baca, Lincoln | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 6:18 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 6:44 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 7:04 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 7:33 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Mora | 62 min |
| Jun 28, 7:47 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel | 63 min |
| Jun 28, 7:49 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 66 min |
| Jun 28, 8:06 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Torrance | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:29 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Quay, San Miguel | 61 min |
| Jun 28, 9:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, Lincoln, Torrance | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 9:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 65 min |
| Jun 28, 10:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 64 min |
| Jun 28, 10:49 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Lincoln | 66 min |
| Jun 29, 12:43 AM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe, San Miguel | 57 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.