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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Albuquerque, NM

April 28, 2000Torrance County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 28, 2000, 3:36 PM MDT for Torrance County, New Mexico. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2000, 3:36 PM MDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Apr 28, 2000, 4:30 PM MDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Torrance County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Apr 28, 3:53 PM MDTHail 1Moriarty, 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 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 69 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, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2000-04-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 187 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2000-04-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 195 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
187 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-378 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
195 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS55 KABQ 282138
SVRABQ
NMC057-282230-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
336 PM MDT FRI APR 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTH CENTRAL TORRANCE COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 430 PM MDT

* AT 331 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF  MORIARTY...MOVING 
  EAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE...
  3 MILES WEST OF CLINES CORNERS AT 430 PM MDT

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

LAT...LON 3503 10609 3488 10605 3490 10550 3504 10552

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 4:14 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSocorro, Torrance, Valencia31 min
Apr 28, 4:35 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQGuadalupe, Torrance55 min
Apr 28, 5:23 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax52 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.