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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Albuquerque, NM

May 17, 2001Quay County, Union County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this tornado warning at May 17, 2001, 8:38 PM MDT for Quay County, Union County, New Mexico. It was in force for 67 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: May 17, 2001, 8:38 PM MDT (02:38 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2001, 9:45 PM MDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area: Whole counties

Counties Quay County, NM, Union County, NM

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
May 17, 9:25 PM MDT	Hail 0.75	Logan, 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

Amarillo Airport, TX (KAMA), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 175 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1564 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -85 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1673 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.6

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
WFUS55 KABQ 180239
TORABQ
NMC037-059-180345-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
838 PM MDT THU MAY 17 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN UNION COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 945 PM MDT

* AT 836 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  TORNADO NEAR AMISTAD...OR ABOUT 3 MILES WEST OF AMISTAD...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SEEK INDOOR SHELTER NOW!

GO TO THE LOWEST FLOOR IN YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. AVOID OUTSIDE WALLS
AND WINDOWS.

LAT...LON 3532 10F337 3529 10304 3595 10303 3593 10337

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 17, 6:14 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	De Baca	61 min
May 17, 6:30 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	60 min
May 17, 6:40 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	65 min
May 17, 6:53 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Colfax, Harding	67 min
May 17, 7:16 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	29 min
May 17, 7:36 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Union	54 min
May 17, 7:47 PM MDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	ABQ	Harding, San Miguel	58 min
May 17, 8:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding	26 min
May 17, 8:19 PM MDT	Tornado Warning	ABQ	Harding	56 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.