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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Albuquerque, NM

June 28, 2000Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 2000, 11:25 AM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 35 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
Jun 28, 2000, 11:25 AM MDT (17:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2000, 12:00 PM MDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties

County Curry County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 11:40 AM MDTTornado F0Grady, 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, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 302 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 2000-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 709 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM at 12:00Z on 2000-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
709 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-62 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1210 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-13 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.

173 
WFUS55 KABQ 281737 COR
TORABQ
NMC009-281800-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1125 AM MDT WED JUN 28 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN CURRY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EAST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 1200 PM MDT

* AT 1121 AM MDT...THE GRADY FIRE DEPARTMENT REPORTED TWO TORNADOES  
  2 MILES NORTH OF GRADY MOVING SOUTH. PEOPLE IN NORTHERN CURRY      
  COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT FOR TORNADOES AS A LINE OF           
  THUNDERSTORMS ROLLS THROUGH BETWEEN 1130 AM AND NOON.

LAT...LON 3392 10235 3379 10250 3276 10137 3295 10114

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 6:57 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQSan Miguel33 min
Jun 27, 7:04 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQUnion26 min
Jun 28, 11:33 AM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQLos Alamos3 hr
Jun 28, 2:12 PM MDTFlash Flood WarningABQSan Miguel108 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.