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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Albuquerque, NM

August 23, 2001Curry County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 2001, 2:18 PM MDT for Curry County, New Mexico. It was in force for 27 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
Aug 23, 2001, 2:18 PM MDT (20:18 UTC)
Expired
Aug 23, 2001, 2:45 PM MDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Curry County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 138 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 2001-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1321 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Amarillo Airport, TX at 12:00Z on 2001-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1321 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-162 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 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.

731 
WUUS55 KABQ 232018
SVRABQ
NMC009-232045-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
218 PM MDT THU AUG 23 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 245 PM MDT

* AT 215 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EAST CENTRAL CURRY COUNTY...OR ABOUT 15   
  MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF CLOVIS...MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.

SEVERE STORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS OF AT LEAST 60 MPH AND LARGE
HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND AVOID WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3468 10325 3451 10319 3457 10271 3483 10279

$$
KJ

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.