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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Albuquerque, NM

October 23, 2000Sandoval County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 23, 2000, 6:46 PM MDT for Sandoval County, New Mexico. It was in force for 44 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued: Oct 23, 2000, 6:46 PM MDT (00:46 UTC)
Expired: Oct 23, 2000, 7:30 PM MDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Sandoval County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 965 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.3
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 240048
SVRABQ
NMC001-006-043-061-240130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
646 PM MDT MON OCT 23 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  VALENCIA COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL SANDOVAL COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL NEW         
  MEXICO   

* UNTIL 730 PM MDT

* AT 641 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED   
  SEVERAL STRONG TO   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 24 MILES WEST OF LOS       
  CHAVEZ...OR ABOUT 21 MILES   SOUTHEAST OF LAGUNA PUEBLO...MOVING   
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE...
  OVER NORTHWESTERN VALENCIA COUNTY 
  OVER SOUTHWESTERN BERNALILLO COUNTY INCLUDING THE ALBUQUERQUE       
  METRO AREA 

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. SEEK INDOOR SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. AVOID WINDOWS!

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3474 10721 3458 10719 3456 10658 3492 10656
          3523 10654 3520 10716 3518 10723

KMV

What forecasters said that day

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

NWS Albuquerque, NM wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 23, 3:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 23, 3:45 PM MDT, 3 hours 1 minute before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
345 PM MDT MON OCT 23 2000

WILL KEEP THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH HOISTED ACROSS THE ECNTL AND NE
PLAINS TONIGHT. SURFACE BOUNDARY DRAPED ACROSS THE EASTCENTRAL PLAINS
SHOULD SERVE AS FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINS TONIGHT. WILL FOREGO
ANY SNOW HIGHLIGHTS ACROSS THE NORTHERN MOUNTIANS AS SNOW LEVELS JUST
NOT LOW ENOUGH FOR WIDESPREAD ADVISORY-TYPE ACCUMULATIONS FOR MOST
POULATIONS CENTERS. STILL THINK "SEVERAL" INCHES A GOOD BET ABOVE
9000 OR 9500 FEET.

BRIEFLY, UPPER LOW NEAR KPHX LIFTS SLOWING N-NEWD ON TUESDAY, BEFORE
ACCELERATING NEWD TUE NIGHT AND WED AS NORTHERN BRANCH SHORT WAVE
PICKS IT UP. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWING NICE INTRUSION OF MID-LEVEL DRY
AIR WRAPPING AROUND THE LOW AND INTO THE WCNTL/SW ZONES. BEST LIFT
WILL REMAIN FOCUSED ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER AND ACROSS THE NORTHERN
HALF TONIGHT AND WILL KEEP POPS IN THE LIKELY/CATEGORICAL RANGE.
INTERESTING TO NOTE SECONDARY LOW/SPEED MAX ON BACKSIDE OF MAIN
SYSTEM.

WILL KEEP CHANCE OF SHOWERS NCNTL/NE ON WED, SLIGHT CHANCE REMAINDER
OF THE EAST AND NORTH. PARTLY CLOUDY SOUTHWEST. CYC CURVED NWLY FLOW
ON THU/FRI WITH CHANCE OF SHOWERS MAINLY EAST AND NORTH.  DRY WX SAT.

ABQ WB 047/063 044/064 045 41653
SAF WE 042/058 037/059 037 41764
TCC TE 050/064 048/067 044 41+75

.ABQ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH TONIGHT NMZ006-007-012-013-018-020-021.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Oct 23, 5:49 PM MDT, 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE, NM
549 PM MDT MON OCT 23 2000

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

0505 PM    2 W ELIDA                 NM   TORNADO
10/23/00   ROOSEVELT                      2 FUNNELS SIGHTED, ONE
                                          TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 23, 6:31 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Socorro	44 min
Oct 23, 6:46 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Bernalillo, Cibola, Valencia	44 min

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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.