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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Albuquerque, NM

July 1, 2002Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico

NWS Albuquerque, NM issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2002, 7:02 PM MDT for Guadalupe County, Quay County, New Mexico. It was in force for 58 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jul 1, 2002, 7:02 PM MDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2002, 8:00 PM MDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Albuquerque, NM
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Guadalupe County, NM, Quay County, NM

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 1, 7:13 PM MDTHail 1Montoya, 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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1830 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2002-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 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
1830 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2184 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
10.1

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The text

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

398 
WUUS55 KABQ 020102
SVRABQ
NMC019-037-020200-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ALBUQUERQUE NM
701 PM MDT MON JUL 1 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ALBUQUERQUE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EXTREME EAST CENTRAL GUADALUPE COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO
  WEST CENTRAL QUAY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL NEW MEXICO

* UNTIL 800 PM MDT

* AT 700 PM MDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER MONTOYA...WHICH IS 23 MILES WEST OF
  TUCUMCARI...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...LARGE HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING.

LAT...LON 3517 10412 3491 10422 3484 10397 3514 10391

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 6:19 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQDe Baca, Guadalupe41 min
Jul 1, 7:29 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay61 min
Jul 1, 8:30 PM MDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningABQQuay45 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.