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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 25, 2000Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2000, 3:19 PM MDT for Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 41 min. 2 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
May 25, 2000, 3:19 PM MDT (21:19 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2000, 4:00 PM MDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Quay County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 3:50 PM MDTHail 1Tucumcari Arpt, NM
May 25, 3:52 PM MDTHail 0.75Tucumcari, 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 watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
May 25, 2:45 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 473 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2000-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
473 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-338 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
864 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
173 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

397 
WUUS55 KABQ 252119
SVRABQ
NMC037-252200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
319 PM MDT THU MAY 25 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 400 PM MDT

* AT 314 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF TUCUMCARI...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  OVER TUCUMCARI AT 400 PM MDT

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM MDT 
THURSDAY EVENING FOR NORTHEASTERN NEW MEXICO.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 2:11 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe49 min
May 25, 2:55 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe50 min
May 25, 4:10 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay65 min
May 25, 5:47 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQChaves, De Baca43 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.