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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 9, 2001Lincoln County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 9, 2001, 12:41 PM MDT for Lincoln County, New Mexico. It was in force for 34 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
May 9, 2001, 12:41 PM MDT (18:41 UTC)
Expired
May 9, 2001, 1:15 PM MDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Lincoln County, NM

The nearest sounding before it

Albuquerq/Krtlnd, NM (KABQ), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 220 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 2001-05-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 185 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 2001-05-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 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
185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-254 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1912 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
109 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 091842
SVRABQ
NMC027-091915-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
1241 PM MDT WED MAY 9 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY IN CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 115 PM MDT

* AT 1237 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF HONDO...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
  EAST OF RUIDOSO...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

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

LAT...LON 3356 10529 3338 10533 3326 10496 3359 10494
$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 9, 12:15 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQColfax30 min
May 9, 3:38 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca67 min
May 9, 4:26 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay, San Miguel34 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in New Mexico, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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.