Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1999, 5:25 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 50 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
- May 25, 1999, 5:25 PM MDT (23:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1999, 6:15 PM MDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Quay County, NM
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 3:00 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 11.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1477 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -37 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KABQ 252327 RRA TORABQ NMC037-260015- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 525 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 615 PM MDT * AT 523 PM MDT... LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF TUCUMCARI OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NARA VISA... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO WAS 15 MILES NORTH OF LOGAN AS OF 520 PM MDT. THIS TORNADO IS A THREAT TO PEOPLE IN RANCH HOMES AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDINGS OR FIND A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD. &
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, May 25, 5:07 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
507 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM FLOYD NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/99 ROOSEVELT QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY FLOYD VFD
0915 PM PORTALES NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/99 ROOSEVELT QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY PORTALES PD
0213 PM ROSWELL NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 CHAVES DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED 6
MILES W OF ROSWELL BY EMC
0219 PM CUBA NM TORNADO
05/25/99 SANDOVAL TORNADO REPORTED BY
FARMINGTON DISPATCH 5W OF
CUBA
0305 PM YESO NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 DE BACA ONE INCH HAIL FROM 1500 -
1510 5 MILES SE OF YESO
0326 PM ROSWELL INDUSTRIAL AIR CN NM TORNADO
05/25/99 CHAVES REPORTS FROM ROSWELL PD
AND NWS EMPLOYEE OF
TORNADO BETWEEN 1 AND 10
MILES SOUTH OF AIRPORT
0400 PM HAGERMAN NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 CHAVES GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY ROSWELL EMC
0404 PM DEXTER NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 CHAVES DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BETWEEN 1600 - 1608 BY
ROSWELL EMCLocal storm report, May 25, 5:07 PM MDT, 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
507 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0855 PM FLOYD NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/99 ROOSEVELT QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY FLOYD VFD
0915 PM PORTALES NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/24/99 ROOSEVELT QUARTER SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BY PORTALES PD
0213 PM ROSWELL NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 CHAVES DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED 6
MILES W OF ROSWELL BY EMC
0219 PM CUBA NM TORNADO
05/25/99 SANDOVAL TORNADO REPORTED BY
FARMINGTON DISPATCH 5W OF
CUBA
0305 PM YESO NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 DE BACA ONE INCH HAIL FROM 1500 -
1510 5 MILES SE OF YESO
0326 PM ROSWELL INDUSTRIAL AIR CN NM TORNADO
05/25/99 CHAVES REPORTS FROM ROSWELL PD
AND NWS EMPLOYEE OF
TORNADO BETWEEN 1 AND 10
MILES SOUTH OF AIRPORT
0400 PM HAGERMAN NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 CHAVES GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
REPORTED BY ROSWELL EMC
0404 PM DEXTER NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 CHAVES DIME SIZE HAIL REPORTED
BETWEEN 1600 - 1608 BY
ROSWELL EMCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 6:45 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 60 min |
| May 24, 7:28 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 62 min |
| May 24, 7:41 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 64 min |
| May 24, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca, Guadalupe, Quay | 55 min |
| May 24, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves, Roosevelt | 55 min |
| May 24, 8:20 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry | 55 min |
| May 24, 8:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 46 min |
| May 25, 1:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 64 min |
| May 25, 1:58 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 32 min |
| May 25, 2:13 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 62 min |
| May 25, 2:21 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 59 min |
| May 25, 2:26 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Sandoval | 34 min |
| May 25, 2:45 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 45 min |
| May 25, 2:53 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 62 min |
| May 25, 3:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 64 min |
| May 25, 3:30 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Chaves | 45 min |
| May 25, 3:43 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 62 min |
| May 25, 4:17 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Union | 63 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.