Alert archive / New Mexico / Tornado Warnings in 1999
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Albuquerque, NM
NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 25, 1999, 10:20 PM MDT for Roosevelt County, New Mexico. It was in force for 25 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
- May 25, 1999, 10:20 PM MDT (04:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 25, 1999, 10:45 PM MDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Albuquerque, NM
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roosevelt County, NM
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 10:20 PM MDT | Hail 1.75 | Causey, 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
Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 641 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1299 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 241 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
999 WFUS1 KABQ 260421 RRA TORABQ NMC041-260445- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 1020 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... EXTREME EASTERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO * UNTIL 1045 PM MDT * AT 1019 PM MDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHEAST OF PORTALES OR 5 MILES NORTH OF CAUSEY... MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADO IS A THREAT TO PEOPLE IN RANCH HOMES AND RURAL COMMUNITIES. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK INDOOR SHELTER NOW KJ
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
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NMZ019-260145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 730 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 327 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHAVES COUNTY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED ON TO THE NORTHEAST. CHJ
Special weather statement, May 25, 7:30 PM MDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
NMZ019-260145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 730 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999 SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 327 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR CHAVES COUNTY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED ON TO THE NORTHEAST. CHJ
Local storm report, May 25, 7:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
732 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 5 W PORTALES NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 ROOSEVELT REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER
0632 PM GLENRIO NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 QUAY OBSERVER REPORTED PEA TO
DIME SIZE HAIL
0634 PM 3 W PORTALES NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 ROOSEVELT REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
EMPLOYEE
0648 PM PORTALES NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 ROOSEVELT GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BY
POLICE DEPT.
0650 PM DILIA NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 GUADALUPELocal storm report, May 25, 7:32 PM MDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NEW MEXICO
732 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999
TIME(MDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0630 PM 5 W PORTALES NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 ROOSEVELT REPORTED BY HAM RADIO
SPOTTER
0632 PM GLENRIO NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 QUAY OBSERVER REPORTED PEA TO
DIME SIZE HAIL
0634 PM 3 W PORTALES NM 1 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 ROOSEVELT REPORTED BY RETIRED NWS
EMPLOYEE
0648 PM PORTALES NM 1.75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 ROOSEVELT GOLFBALL HAIL REPORTED BY
POLICE DEPT.
0650 PM DILIA NM .75 INCH HAIL
05/25/99 GUADALUPESpecial weather statement, May 25, 9:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
NMZ012-013-018-020-021-260340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 907 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH (NUMBER 327) HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...BUT WILL EXIT THE STATE AROUND 930 PM. NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER 930 PM. CHJ
Special weather statement, May 25, 9:07 PM MDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
NMZ012-013-018-020-021-260340- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM 907 PM MDT TUE MAY 25 1999 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH (NUMBER 327) HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN ROOSEVELT COUNTY...BUT WILL EXIT THE STATE AROUND 930 PM. NO FURTHER SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AFTER 930 PM. CHJ
The office that day
Everything else NWS Albuquerque, NM issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 6:22 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 33 min |
| May 25, 6:32 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 63 min |
| May 25, 6:40 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 50 min |
| May 25, 7:01 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Guadalupe | 64 min |
| May 25, 8:30 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | De Baca | 20 min |
| May 25, 8:55 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 35 min |
| May 25, 9:31 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 29 min |
| May 25, 9:51 PM MDT | Tornado Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 29 min |
| May 26, 2:11 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Lincoln | 49 min |
| May 26, 3:39 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | San Miguel | 46 min |
| May 26, 4:16 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Roosevelt | 44 min |
| May 26, 4:59 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Curry, Roosevelt | 46 min |
| May 26, 5:35 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Quay | 35 min |
| May 26, 5:47 PM MDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ABQ | Harding | 23 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.